Born in Japan

History special · HISTORY

Tokyo Time Machine

Kyoho-era Edo, Meiji Asakusa, Taisho Tokyo Station, the postwar ruins, the Olympics, the bubble, and Reiwa. Pick an era and step into Tokyo. Where you go and what you do is up to you. Then see what the records say.

The outcomes of your actions are fiction describing life at the time. Years and events follow public records and reference works.

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