Welcome to Edo

One of the most successful television mini-series of all times is entitled Shogun, and is based on the James Clavell’s novel of medieval Japan. I remember watching it while waiting to be discharged from the Navy in Seattle when it was first shown. But that is another story. The Family Site today captures that spirit of the samurai, the same spirit that was in the novel and the miniseries.

The site is called Welcome to Edo, and is a virtual tour of that city. It is an excellent example of the use of Internet multimedia to both entertain and educate at the same time. At this site you will leave today, and enter the world of the Tokugawa Shoguns, a time that is interesting to say the least. Here you will visit this city by moving around it. There is text involved, but it is hyperlinked to relevant subject matter. For example, when coins and currency are discussed, the marked text, when clicked, shows a picture of the coin.

There is much history at this site, along with quality entertainment. It is a site that will give any cyber visitor a good time. Oh, by the way, Edo is the ancient Japanese name for the city we know as Tokyo.

http://www.us-japan.org/edomatsu/