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Ryosuke Kami

Tokyo Sights and Insights

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Tokyo Sights and Insights is the unique work of Ryosuke Kami, artist, essayist, and native Tokyoite. Weekends Mr. Kami bicycles about his favorite city in search of Tokyo sights to capture on his sketch pad; weeknights he draws on these same sketches to produce the insights that fill this book.Don't look for Ryosuke Kami's sights in other books about Tokyo. Among his subjects are a surviving “milk hall,” a replica of Mt. Hakone in the middle of Shinjuku, one shogun's ill-fated flagship, another shogun's lighthouse, and a tempura restaurant in the old Yoshiwara pleasure quarters that continues to serve patrons to this very day.Mr. Kami 's insights on matters historical, cultural, and quizzical are original too. From his book you will learn such things as the connection between bone-setting and judo, why people from Fukushima distrust those from Yamaguchi, why seaweed shops are located in Nihombashi, the unlikely fate of the last Tokugawa shogun, and the unlucky voyage of the Lucky Dragon V. It is common knowledge that Tokyo is one of the largest cities in the world; less well known is that it is also one of the world's most interesting. Unfortunately most visitors and many residents never begin to appreciate Tokyo. Ryosuke Kami, though, has spent years exploring and reflecting on his native city. The result is Tokyo Sights and Insights, a book certain to delight and educate first -time visitors and long-term residents alike.
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2011
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2011
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  • Rudolf Hartounghalıntı yaptı6 yıl önce
    In Senju a number of wooden houses from those days remain, and the width of the street still reflects that of the original plan. Unfortunately, the way things are going in Tokyo, it seems doubtful that many of these historical houses will be standing five years from now.
  • Rudolf Hartounghalıntı yaptı6 yıl önce
    As you leave Mercedes-littered Meguro-dori at Himon-ya toward the Church of St. Mary the Virgin of Edo, the mood of the city gives way to a more sober, suburban self-possession. Continue on for about half a mile and you will come to a shady bosk, in the middle of which you will find a temple named En-yuji.
  • Rudolf Hartounghalıntı yaptı6 yıl önce
    Setagaya you can still see how a typical office of a daikan looked. At Kamimachi, about ten mintues from Sangenjaya or Shimo-Takaido on the Setagaya Line, you will find the gate and the main building, which date back to 1737.
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