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Go-kaidō – The 5 Highways of Old Japan

April 23, 2013October 22, 2020 marky star - JapanThis.com

Teleportation technology wasn’t yet available for the Shogun in Tokugawa Japan, so instead they used an extensive system of roads. The 5 most important roads led to Edo. They were called the Go-kaido. Awwwwwwwww yeah. Continue reading Go-kaidō – The 5 Highways of Old Japan

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What does Nihonbashi mean?

April 22, 2013December 13, 2020 marky star - JapanThis.com

Nihonbashi! Once the most famous bridge in Japan, now most people are surprised to hear there’s actually a bridge here at all. Continue reading What does Nihonbashi mean?

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