April 5 2011

Tokyo Guide

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Travel In Madness are preparing a series of travel guides for every country in the world, trying to gather all important and interesting information that exists on the network. Welcome to the Tokyo guide, a guide will be updated permanently.

Main destinations of a trip to Tokyo

When traveling to Tokyo we recommend visiting the category of articles related to Japan, where you’ll find useful articles on the main destinations of the country. Here you can see some examples:

  • What to do in Tokyo
  • Tokyo Travel Tips
  • Roppongi Tokyo nightlife
  • Links for a trip to Tokyo

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September 28 2010

Tokyo Travel Guide: Nihombashi

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Nihombashi

Its name comes from an ancient XVII century bridge located in this zone, although the bridge was replaced tradicicional Japanese painting drew him as one of the icons of the city.

Nihombashi The district is located north of central Tokyo, but the Japanese consider it the heart of their city. When Tokugawa Ieyasu moved his government in 1603, Nihombashi became the center of town and country. In fact the old bridge is the benchmark for measuring the distances to other cities (something like the kilometer zero of the Puerta del Sol de Madrid in Spain).

With the modernization of Japan burying under the highway bridge Shuto. What is most known in this area are Japanese department stores Mitsukoshi, the country’s most famous. This center has been the commercial center of Japan’s most innovative throughout its history, the most northern building dates back to 1914. Read the rest of this entry »

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