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I wanted to make sure that this trendy
area was the first in the Japanese capital that I visited. The
somewhat new district had seduced me with
the local Starbucks and the gigantic black spider statue.
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Bears the official name of
"Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building", long I'm sure. This area
plays as the headquarters of a prefecture that serves an amount of people
in the millions.
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At the time I visited this small town east
of Tokyo, the temple had almost reached its 1070th year of existence.
It has survived through two World Wars, the
New World, and even Black Death.
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Sweat beaded down my neck and I was ready to
get into something air-conditioned. I suddenly saw a police officer
set up pylons as I walked down the street from the station.
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Bikes lined the sidewalk between the
subway station and the bridge. For a person getting used to urban
sprawl and lonely old mansions, this is
something I particularly envy.
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A group of farmers quietly tended to the
plants that have grown over the cover of water. Trees near these
fields waved in a neat trance as the wind whispered by. I hadn't been so
close to nature before.
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