Tag: japan-travel
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If You Knew Sushi Like I Know Sushi #5
Tokyo, May 10, 2026 This was our last day in Tokyo. We began the day with an architectural walk of the Marunouchi and Ginza neighborhoods. The first stop was the Tokyo Train Station, designed by the architect Kingo Tatsuno (reputed father of modern Japanese architecture), and built in 1914. The modern feel of the place…
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If You Knew Sushi Like I Know Sushi #4
Tokyo, continued, May 9, 2026 Yesterday, Saturday (May 9), the “culinary” part of the tour began in earnest. For literally hundreds of years, the Tokyo Central Market drew merchants as well as tourists to its major wholesale auctions of fish. The Central Market was surrounded by an unofficial “outer market,” an unorganized network of small…
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