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ALSO: even if you can't come to Tokyo, a lot of these places' websites are set up for MAIL-ORDER. So if you can't afford that plane ticket, please patronize their on-line shops. propaganda – a monthly drag / tranny dance party: in kabukicho, i think last saturday of every month?
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As opposed to the popular misrepresentation of Tokyo - again based on downtown scenes - there's quite a lot of green in the city. Which not only goes well with gray, but also serves as a great option if you're not up to leaving the city to lose the buildings out of sight. And with parks mentioned, the areas maintained to be closer to nature are in fact as large if not bigger than the surrounding districts of business or entertainment, and are mostly of great historic origin, preserving ancient buildings, historic treasures and of course age old trees and gardens that all have a story of their own. But the best part is that such places are never too far away from where you are.
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" Favorite Getaways in Rural Japan " , my award-winning guide to Independent Travel in Rural Japan, with heaps of travel and cultural info on using Japanese inns, trains, buses, and baths... plus insights on Japanese history, religion, and language. It's all here! Selected "Best of the Web" 2003, 2004, & 2005! by Japanzine.com and a "Japan on the Web" 2007 choice at Seek Japan . In addition to world travel, I spent four years living in Japan . I've lived in several areas of Tokyo and a couple in Kyoto.