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Tokyo Station Newly Renovated to Its Former Splendor, But Where are the Remaining Four Zodiac Signs?
Tokyo Station, with its attractive red brick structure, is a place where eastern and western Japan come together. People from all over the country and all over the world pass through Tokyo Station daily. It is representative of the extensive Japanese railway system which branches out to all places in Japan.
Anybody passing through the station within the last few years probably couldn’t help but notice the sounds and wonder about what they were doing behind those walls. After five years of this construction, renovations were finally completed on October 1st. Tokyo Station has been restored to its original splendor from when it first opened 100 years ago. Read More


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