Tokyo - Background (Chapter)
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Tokyo - Background (Chapter)
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7th Edition
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August 2008
21 pp
This is the Background chapter from Lonely Planet's Tokyo guidebook, available to Pick & Mix. It is available digitally: you can download and print it after purchase. Preview this chapter
Learn about Tokyo's history: its samurais who lived and died by the sword, Shinto - the native religion similar to animism, and the city's massive arts and fashion scene. There are also details on ikebana, Tokyo's transit system and its contemporary buildings.
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Coverage includes: History, Environment & Planning, Mediatokyo, Japan's Media Capital, It Came from the Swamp!, Live by the Sword, Die by the Sword, Battle for Supremacy, Boomtown Edo, the 'Eastern Capital' is Born, A Catfish Jumps ? the Great Kanto Earthquake, the Beginning of Showa & WWII, the Postwar Miracle, City of the Future, Contemporary Arts, Traditional Arts, Foreign Influences, Early Style Icons, Next Generation Builders, Green Tokyo, Economy.
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