Inside Tokyo

Fülszöveg

7lDkyo is one of the most heavily populated cities in the world with over 12 million inhabitants. With its large industrial and administrative conurbations, it is not only the capital city but also the financial and modern cultural centre of Japan. In only a few decades, it has developed such an advanced technology that it has become the home of 'hi-tech' and one of the world's most exciting and fascinating cities.
And yet, Nature and Man always seem to have conspired against Tokyo: a series of earthquakes, fires and wars have brought destruction and disaster But every time, proud and obstinate, Tokyo has been rebuilt on an even larger and more affluent scale. However, it is for this reason that little remains of the original wooden city with its temples and shhnes. In spite of the stoicism of its people, Tokyo lacks continuity; that sense of eternity, of artistic and cultural permanence that make other cities great. Because of its catastrophic history it has few great monuments... Tovább

Fülszöveg

7lDkyo is one of the most heavily populated cities in the world with over 12 million inhabitants. With its large industrial and administrative conurbations, it is not only the capital city but also the financial and modern cultural centre of Japan. In only a few decades, it has developed such an advanced technology that it has become the home of 'hi-tech' and one of the world's most exciting and fascinating cities.
And yet, Nature and Man always seem to have conspired against Tokyo: a series of earthquakes, fires and wars have brought destruction and disaster But every time, proud and obstinate, Tokyo has been rebuilt on an even larger and more affluent scale. However, it is for this reason that little remains of the original wooden city with its temples and shhnes. In spite of the stoicism of its people, Tokyo lacks continuity; that sense of eternity, of artistic and cultural permanence that make other cities great. Because of its catastrophic history it has few great monuments of the past, but, paradoxically, only in Tokyo can you experience the perfect equilibrium between traditional Japan, with its Buddhist and Shinto religious festivals, age-old customs and exquisite courtesy and the dynamic new society of electronics, computers and modernist architecture. It is this combination of the old and the new that make Tokyo a unique and inimitable city Vissza