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There are two types of Japanese traditional dance: Odori, which originated in the Edo period, and Mai, which originated in the western part of Japan. Odori grew out of Kabuki drama and is more oriented toward male sentiments. Mai is traditionally performed in Japanese rooms instead of on the stage. It was influenced by the Noh Drama. A variation of the Mai style of Japanese dance is the Kyomai or Kyoto Style Dance. Kyomai developed in the 17th century Tokugawa cultural period. It is heavily influenced by the elegance and sophistication of the manners often associated with the Imperial Court in Kyoto.Wikipedia

Ochanomizu is famous for its many musical instrument stores, as well as ski and snowboard shops located a short walk from the station; it is known as the “go-to” district for bargain-conscious musicians and sportsmen. Ocha-no-mizu literally means “tea water”, after the nearby Kanda River from which water was extracted to make the shogun’s tea during the Edo period.Wikipedia

Ochanomizu (御茶ノ水) is a neighborhood in Tokyo, Japan. It extends from the Yushima section of Bunkyo-ku to the Kanda section of Chiyoda-ku. Meiji University, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, and Juntendo University all have main campuses in the area. Ochanomizu Station on the Chūō Line is the transport hub of the district. Prior to the Great Kantō earthquake, Ochanomizu University was also there; after the earthquake, it moved to its present location in the Ōtsuka neighborhood of Bunkyo-ku.Wikipedia

Shibuya is famous for its scramble crossing. It is located in front of the Shibuya Station Hachikō exit and stops vehicles in all directions to allow pedestrians to inundate the entire intersection. Three large TV screens mounted on nearby buildings overlook the crossing. The Starbucks store overlooking the crossing is also one of the busiest in the world.Wikipedia

The line was nationalized in 1907 under the Railway Nationalization Act, and double-tracked from Ryōgokubashi to Chiba till the next year. Pedecessor of Japan National Railways (JNR) planned to connect with other lines inside Tokyo. In 1932, new passenger line was opened from Ochanomizu to Ryōgoku (with new platform besides the original terminal facility), and frequent service of EMUs commenced. Electrification to Chiba was completed in 1935, and trains has run through from the Chūō line as local since then. But, except a few trains, no rapid service was operated on this line.Wikipedia

The west side of Shinjuku, a seismically stable area that escaped the last earthquake with nary a scratch, is Tokyo’s skyscraper district featuring (among others) the gargantuan Tokyo Metropolitan Government Offices and the curved form and webbed façade of the Mode Gakuen Cocoon Tower. The east side of Shinjuku is devoted to shopping and nightlife, including Tokyo’s largest red-light district Kabukicho (歌舞伎町) and gay nightlife central Shinjuku ni-chōme (新宿２丁目). WikiTravel

The Mitsubishi Ichigokan Museum, Tokyo (三菱一号館美術館) is a recently completed art museum in Tokyo’s Marunouchi district. Construction was completed in 2009 and the museum open April 6, 2010. The museum includes approximately 800 square metres (8,600 sq ft) of exhibition space, spread over 20 rooms, throughout the building’s 6,000 square metres (65,000 sq ft) floorplan.Wikipedia

Japanese teenagers, like the young in the U.S. and other countries, go out of their way to create their own clothing fashions and forms of communication. The 1,423-page, 2003 edition, of Gendai Yogo no Kiso Chisiki (Encyclopedia of Contemporary Words) has five pages of new terms created by teens, many of which are contractions of common words. Some examples: kimochi ga warui (unpleasant or disagreeable) becomes kimoi. Muzukashii (difficult) is shortened to muzui. Jikochushin (self-absorbed to an annoying degree) becomes jikochu. Japan Zone

First of all, the games are loud–really loud–and cute, really cute. Incredibly, though, above the deafening roar and clatter, you can often hear the cloyingly cute squealing of packs of 14-year-old girls. They play their own type of game, which involves seeing who can emit the loudest squeal, which is intended to show surprise, amazement, cell-phone induced hysteria, or just general hormonal overload. Japan Visitor

Golden-gai, or golden district, is a patch of a land — roughly 2,000 square metres (21,520 square feet) in size — that borders the bustling Kabukicho entertainment area in downtown Tokyo. In a startling contrast to Kabukicho’s modern bars, glitzy strip joints and noisy karaoke clubs, Golden-gai quietly hosts some 180 watering holes, many of which are only big enough to squeeze in a dozen or so customers. ThingsAsian

“People… come here to chat to bar owners and fellow customers,” said Okura, who was raised in Golden-gai by his parents who started the Julien Sorel 47 years ago. Business in Golden-gai slumped during the bubble economy era of the 1980s to the early 1990s, when bars gradually closed as massive speculative investments boosted land prices in Tokyo.ThingsAsian

In 2008, Japan ranked third in the world in electricity production, after the United States and China, with 1.025 trillion kWh produced during that year. In terms of per capita electricity consumption, the average person in Japan consumed 8,459 Kilowatt-Hours in 2004 compared to 14,240 for the average American. In that respect it ranked 18th among the countries of the world. Its per capita electricity consumption increased by 21.8% between 1990 and 2004.Wikipedia

Modern Ginza began in 1872 when, after a devastating fire, the district was rebuilt with two- and three-story Georgian brick buildings designed by the Irish-born architect Thomas Waters, along with a shopping promenade on the street from the Shinbashi bridge to the Kyōbashi bridge in the southwestern part of Chūō. Most of these European-style buildings disappeared, but some older buildings still remain, most famously the Wakō building with the now-iconic Hattori Clock Tower. The building and clock tower were originally built by Kintarō Hattori, the founder of Seiko.Wikipedia

It is known as an upscale area of Tokyo with numerous department stores, boutiques, restaurants and coffeehouses. It is recognized as one of the most luxurious shopping districts in the world. Many upscale fashion clothing flagship stores are located here. Prominent are Chanel, Louis Vuitton, and Gucci. A recent addition is the 12-story Abercrombie & Fitch flagship. Flagship Electronic retail stores are also here like the Sony showroom and Apple Store.Wikipedia

Yakitori (焼き鳥 やきとり ヤキトリ), grilled chicken, is a Japanese type of skewered chicken. It is made from several bite-sized pieces of chicken meat, or chicken offal, skewered on a bamboo skewer and barbecued, usually over charcoal. Diners ordering yakitori usually have a choice of having it served with salt or with tare sauce, which is generally made up of mirin, sake, soy sauce and sugar. The sauce is applied to the skewered meat and is grilled until delicately cooked.Wikipedia

Tokyo Metro Co., Ltd. (東京地下鉄株式会社) is a private company jointly owned by the Japanese government and the Tokyo metropolitan government. It replaced the Teito Rapid Transit Authority (帝都高速度交通営団), commonly known as Eidan or TRTA, on April 1, 2004. TRTA was administered by the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport, and jointly funded by the national and metropolitan governments. It was formed in 1941, although its oldest lines date back to 1927.Wikipedia

Marunouchi (丸の内) is a commercial district of Tokyo located in Chiyoda between Tokyo Station and the Imperial Palace. The name, meaning “inside the circle”, derives from its location within the palace’s outer moat. It is a center of Japan’s financial industry, as the country’s three largest banks are headquartered there.Wikipedia

Kabukichō (歌舞伎町) is an entertainment and red-light district in Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan. Kabukichō is the location of many hostess bars, host bars, love hotels, shops, restaurants, and nightclubs, and is often called the “Sleepless Town” (眠らない街). The district’s name comes from late-1940s plans to build a kabuki theater: although the theater was never built, the name stuck.Wikipedia

Meiji Dori (明治道り) is a very important street that runs through many of the central areas of Tokyo, Japan. Meiji Dori roughly follows the JR Yamanote Line for some distance through Ikebukero, Shinjuku, Harajuku, Shibuya, Ebisu, and several other other key areas of central Tokyo.Virtual Japan