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The history of Tokyo is as eventful as it is long. A concise yet detailed overview of this fascinating, centuries-old city, Tokyo: A Biography is a perfect comp
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Pages: 528
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Tokyo Rose / An American Patriot explores the parallel lives of World War II legend Tokyo Rose and a Japanese American woman named Iva Toguri. Trapped in Tokyo
Gaijin Yokozuna
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Authors: Mark Panek
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Type: BOOK - Published: 2006-05-31 - Publisher: University of Hawaii Press

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At the age of eighteen, Chad Rowan left his home in rural Hawai'i for Tokyo with visions of becoming a star athlete in Japan's national sport, sumo. But upon hi
Kengo Kuma: My Life as an Architect in Tokyo (My Life as an Architect)
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A personal tour of Tokyo’s architecture, as seen through the eyes of one of the world’s most acclaimed architects who is also designing the primary venue fo
Tokyo A Cultural History
Language: en
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Tokyo seems like an ultra modern--even postmodern--city, with its inventive skyscrapers and digitized surfaces. But it is also a city where past, present, and f