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...Tsuchiyama was the 49th post town on the old Tokaido Road connecting Edo (Tokyo) and Kyoto. It is right after Suzuka Pass on the Suzuka mountains, one of t *If you are traveling from northern Shiga or coming from Tokyo and want to visit Shigaraki or Koka Ninja Village, it is faster to take the

Time = 2.5 hours from Tokyo to Maibara via shinkansen, 5 min. from Maibara | For the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, Hikone was to be the host town for Spain's handball team. As

<b>&quot;Stamp Club&quot;</b> machines appear for the first time in Shibuya, Tokyo. The machines produce instant rubber stamps (500 yen each) with your photog ...itions, symposiums, and award ceremonies were held at various locations in Tokyo.Like last year's Month of Photography, the <b>1000-Person Photo Exhibit</b>

For the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, Shiga Prefecture and Maibara were to be the host town for Ne ...- The [[Nakasendo]] was an old highway linking Kyoto with Edo (present-day Tokyo). The highway had 67 lodging towns (sometimes called "post towns") where tr

...s from Tokyo to [[Maibara Station]] via Hikari shinkansen; 2.25 hours from Tokyo to Kyoto via Nozomi shinkansen, then 10 min. to Otsu via Tokaido Line; 10 m ...n (as of Jan. 1, 2019, including 29,274 foreigners) in an area larger than Tokyo.

...9 pm). The museum is operated by the [http://www.jica.go.jp/english/ Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA)] which is Japan's version of the Peace Corps. Unf <br>Japanese Overseas Migration Museum, Yokohama International Center, Akarenga Kokusaikan

Tokyo-based photographer and TV commercial director. Formerly the chief editor of Tokyo College of Photography. After graduating, spent 1 year in the US.

*The [http://www.nifa.jp/english/location.html Nagahama International Friendship Association] is in a nice wooden building with clean and low-cos *From [[Tokyo Station]] to [[Nagahama Station]] - 2.5 hours via JR [[Tokaido Shinkansen]]

...Since Shiga was on Kyoto's east side, everyone traveling between Kyoto and Tokyo (Edo) had to pass through Shiga, which was called Omi (近江). This is tru ...to important dignitaries, samurai, and travellers plying between Kyoto and Tokyo which was Japan's most important travel corridor.