Friendly advice: Don’t fail to write down your first impressions as soon as possible.” the kind professor Basil Hall Chamberlain tells Lafcadio Hearn soon after his arrival in 1870’s Japan.
“... they are evanescent you know; they will never come to you again, once they have faded out; and yet all of the strange sensations you may receive in this country you will feel none so charming as these.”
Lafcadio writes: “I neglected the friendly advice, in spite of all resolves to obey it... with so so much to see and hear and feel in the sun-steeped ways of the wonderful Japanese city... the first charm of Japan is intangible and volatile as a perfume.” It began for me with my first kuruma-ride out of the European quarter of Yokohama into the Japanese town...
Toby Manzanares writes:
https://www.japanvisitor.com/japan-temples-shrines/sensoji-temple
Photo credit: 江戸村のとくぞう (Edomura no Tokuzo) on Wikipedia
**Shinjuku Station, Tokyo. On an average day 3,500,000 people pass through its doors... Shinjuku, the world's busiest train station and a fascinating experience to navigate. The APA Shinjuku Kabukicho Tower*** has been our affordable Tokyo base camp and a very short walk from Shinjuku Station. It is centered in one of the many vibrant parts of the city.
** From our list of points of interest.
***From our list of personal recommendations.
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