Arakawa

Arakawa Yuenchi – theme parks as they used to be.

June 9, 2009 - 1:35 pm by Him in Others  

When it first opened in 1950, the Arakawa Yuenchi Amusement Park was cutting edge in terms of entertainment for the kids.
Today, times have changed but a visit to a theme park as was is an interesting experience in and of itself, and, actually
getting there could be seen as the first part in a journey back [...]

Did you know – Japan?

February 16, 2009 - 8:26 am by Him in Others  

During an 1881 tour of Japan, Britain’s Prince of Wales (later King George V) had a large Japanese style dragon tattooed on his arm?
Some thought that baseball playingwould hurt Japanese morals as gentlemen don’t steal (bases);
the reason behind Britain and Germany not playing the game it was said?
The first operational train station in Tokyo was [...]


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