Tea Rooms and Zany Lofts from 'Japan, Lights and Shadows', Tokyo Thursdays # 300

Tradition and modernity co-exhist in Tokyo as a second look at Japan, Light and Shadows in the land of the Rising Sun (White Star Publishers, 2011) by Iago Corraza and Greta Ropa shows.

Zany lofts that 'purports to maintain an active mind' according to the book notes.

Zanylofts

Tradition with tea houses whose street signs invite dwellers in.

Teahouse sign

Travel, culture and gift ideas for Tokyo Thursdays # 300

(* Excerpted from 'Japan, Light and Shadows in the land of the Rising Sun' by Iago Corraza and Greta Ropa- White Star Publishers, 2011)

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