<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=424244" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Tokyo</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">A city of many many millions<br>A throbbing city with<br>A thousand dreams <br>And a painful past<br>Earthquakes, fires, killings, <br>Allied bombings, palace intrigues<br>Power struggles and<br>Religious persecutions<br>Never douse its forward <br>Matching spirit to the fore<br>Of technology, fashion, ideas, <br>Knowledge and world peace <br>A city that has astounded the<br>World with its mindboggling transformation<br>From feudal backgrounds to <br>Modernity and world's top in less <br>Than a century never<br>Fails to fascinate a foreigner<br>With its contrasts between<br>The old and the new<br>The Occident and the Orient<br>A geisha walking under her<br>colourful parasol <br>in the midst<br>Of modern skyscrapers<br>An emotion charged enka played<br>Amid catchy modern hits<br>Old Chinese inspired temples, jinjas<br>And pagodas with up-to-date facilities<br>The only city in the world<br>That forever renounces war <br>In its constitution<br>This is Tokyo, a city fortunate<br>Enough to have Van Goh's Sunflower<br>Nobel-prize writer Yasunari Kawabata<br>Oscar Samurai celluloid creator Akira Kurosawa<br>The blessings of Sungoddess Amaterasu<br>And auspices of the world's oldest monarchy<br>The next great earthquake <br>Predicted to strike anytime<br>Doesnt seem to dim the enthusiasm of <br>Its populace who seek out every<br>Inch of land here for <br>More development and......fun!</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=John+Tiong+Chunghoo">John Tiong Chunghoo</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=424244" data-title="Tokyo de John Tiong Chunghoo" data-description="A city of many many millions A throbbing city with A thousand dreams And a painful past Earthquakes, fires, killings, Allied bombings, palace intrigues Power struggles and Religious persecutions Never douse its forward Matching spirit to the fo..."></div> </div> </div>

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