My visit to Japan this year focussed on historical sites.

Japan, and Tokyo specially, is one of those rare places on the planet which truly touches you deep inside your soul. With a magic like composition of city scapes, history, culture, arts and crafts, food and eateries, temples, gardens its a place which should represent earth to the Universe, an epitome of human civilisation. But the most beautiful part of Japan is its people, with their ever smiling and polite demeanours, kindness, discipline and care, these humans represent the most humble, eloquent and graceful society on Earth.

It is one of those places where to someone from outside comes a realisation that this place is truly peaceful, buzzing but respectful and humble, a rarity in today’s bang-my-drums world of show casing.

I really wished Japan would remain uni culture, and that these people do not get corrupted with outside influence that will erode their traditional values, ways of life and behaviours.