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From Edo to Tokyo: How the Samurai City Became a Modern Metropolis 🗼

From samurai-ruled Edo to one of the world’s great modern metropolises, Tokyo underwent an extraordinary transformation. Discover how the Meiji Restoration, Western architecture, railways, and a changing society reshaped Japan’s capital while traces of its samurai past survived beneath the skyscrapers, streets, and landmarks of the Tokyo we know today.

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