Despite the concrete sprawl of Japan's postwar urban development, you can still find tranquillity in a brilliant-green, moss-covered temple garden or in the alcove of a traditional restaurant with its tatami-mat flooring, shielded from the other guests by shoji (paper screens) remnants of a not-so-distant past.
Even deep in the large cities of Japan, you can find tranquil temples or traditional restaurants.
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