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Three Monday Observations
JUNE 23, 2003

Magazine (and Character) Mania
JUNE 24, 2003

Another Day of Adventures
JUNE 25, 2003

Nostalgia and Fantasy
JUNE 26, 2003

Leaping into the Twenty-First Century with Gusto!
JUNE 27, 2003

 

 

 

 

 

 

Another Day of Adventures

I have usually found that, while visiting some place like Tokyo, about three major attractions a day ends up representing a workable limit for assuring a memorable and comfortable overall travel experience.

Wednesday for me those three adventures involved a shopping excursion to Venus Fort on Odaiba (an artifically-constructed island in Tokyo Bay), a couple of acts of kabuki theater at the Kabukiza theater in the Ginza area and an awesome visit to view Rafael Vinoly's architectural masterpiece, the Tokyo International Forum, in Yurakacho.

Click on any of the pictures below to learn what I experienced in each location ...
VENUS FORT
ODAIBA
KABUKIZA
 GINZA
TOKYO
INTERNATIONAL
FORUM
 YURAKACHO

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This report, detailing on-site observations made in Japan between June 19, 2003 and June 27, 2003, has been prepared by Lee A. Makela (l.makela@csuohio.edu) for the use of interested friends, family and students at Cleveland State University, Cleveland, Ohio, USA, especially those who enrolled in HIS 372/572, The History of Early Modern Japan and HIS 373/573, Contemporary Japan in Historical Perspective; please contact Dr. Makela with any comments.