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Execution Grounds of Edo. Explore the Ōedo Line. Explore the Yamanote Line. Graves of the Tokugawa Shōguns. My system for reviewing books is, for the time being, as follows:. A little bloggy chit chat, updates, etc. A chart based on expectations before I read the book, and my opinions after having read the book. I’ll include my ranking by a 5 star system in this chart. A point-by-point discussion of pros and cons. A page-by-page discussion of what I read. 9654; One Response. Leave a Reply Cancel reply.
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Graves of the Tokugawa Shōguns | JAPAN THIS!
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Execution Grounds of Edo. Explore the Ōedo Line. Explore the Yamanote Line. Graves of the Tokugawa Shōguns. Graves of the Tokugawa Shōguns. Tokugawa Shōgun-ke no Haka. Graves of the Tokugawa Shōgun family). In May of 2013, I decided to write a series on the quest that sparked my passion for Japanese history: my quest to visit the graves of each Tokugawa shōgun [i]. Shōgun and his wife, Hidetada and Sūgen’in [ii]. Ruins of the shogun graves at Kan’ei-ji as they were in the 1960’s. The grueling schedule to...
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Shitmachi | JAPAN THIS!
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Execution Grounds of Edo. Explore the Ōedo Line. Explore the Yamanote Line. Graves of the Tokugawa Shōguns. Posts Tagged ‘Shitmachi’. Yamanote Line: Yūraku-chō & Shinbashi. On January 12, 2017. Literally, leisure town but more at Oda Nobumasu’s town ). Literally, new bridge ). Yūraku-chō Station shot from within the former castle grounds. Literally, tea-house bridge ) to Tōkyō Station on a road that was nicknamed [ii]. This neighborhood was home to the 南町奉行 minami machi bugyō-sho. And a cistern [vi].
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Yamanote VS Shitamachi? | JAPAN THIS!
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Execution Grounds of Edo. Explore the Ōedo Line. Explore the Yamanote Line. Graves of the Tokugawa Shōguns. The High City and the Low City). Shitamachi in a nutshell. Why Am I Re-Writing My Yamanote vs Shitamachi Page? Yes, there was another page here that explained in a really scattershot way my experiences with 山手 yamanote. The high city and 下町 shitamachi. I needed to re-do this completely. Yamanote in a nutshell. This article is really long like. So, What Do the Kanji mean? The sea areas );. In the Ed...
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Tōkyō Train Names | JAPAN THIS!
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Execution Grounds of Edo. Explore the Ōedo Line. Explore the Yamanote Line. Graves of the Tokugawa Shōguns. Back in December 2013, I did a series about the etymology of some of Tōkyō’s train lines. To Japanese, or people in the Greater Metropolitan Area at least, many of these train names are fairly straight forward. However to foreigners who can’t read kanji or who just haven’t really thought it about it, they are probably just taken for granted. I hope you enjoy it. 9654; No Responses. KAOMOJI - Japane...
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Yuraku-cho | JAPAN THIS!
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Execution Grounds of Edo. Explore the Ōedo Line. Explore the Yamanote Line. Graves of the Tokugawa Shōguns. Posts Tagged ‘Yuraku-cho’. Yamanote Line: Yūraku-chō & Shinbashi. On January 12, 2017. Literally, leisure town but more at Oda Nobumasu’s town ). Literally, new bridge ). Yūraku-chō Station shot from within the former castle grounds. Literally, tea-house bridge ) to Tōkyō Station on a road that was nicknamed [ii]. This neighborhood was home to the 南町奉行 minami machi bugyō-sho. And a cistern [vi].
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Rivers of Edo-Tōkyō | JAPAN THIS!
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Execution Grounds of Edo. Explore the Ōedo Line. Explore the Yamanote Line. Graves of the Tokugawa Shōguns. The original hamlet of Edo was given life by its location in Edo Bay [i]. I chose 7 major rivers in Tōkyō and tried to tell their story. I thought it would be easy. It turned out to be a serious son of bitch. I almost abandoned the series by the 2. Article. That said, I’m happy to say, I finished the entire series. My silly rationale for starting this series! 9654; One Response. You are commenting ...
