The Historian · Hana · Tokyo
Hamarikyu Gardens
I walk here when I need to reset my sense of what the city was. You're standing on reclaimed land the Tokugawa family built in the 1650s, looking at glass towers from 2000.
Edo-period shogunal duck-hunting grounds on Tokyo Bay. The tidal pond still functions on the original hydraulic engineering. Skyscrapers of Shiodome frame the Edo garden. The juxtaposition is the point.
— Hana, The Historian
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