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=New York City | Location | Place | HEI | Movement | Region=

=Introduction=

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What comes to mind when I say New York City? Times Square, NBC, == Rockefeller Center, Statue of Liberty. I got a nice once-in-a-lifetime experience, the chance to travel to New York City with our high school band.

We toured through lower Manhattan Island, visiting neighborhoods, trying some tasty Chinese food in china town (did I mention the backrooms filled with $200 designers purses that they sold for pennies). We went to Time Square, got to go to the top of “The Rock”, American Museum of Natural History. A must see part of the experience of New York City is going to a Broadway show, I saw //Into the Heights//.

Touring Ellis Island and the Statute of Liberty is a mind blowing experience... to think that my ancestors came over from Europe and that was the first thing that they saw about their new home.

= Comparative Study = == Did you know that the people of Tokyo are passionate about music, dance, theater and film? Tokyo is also one of those cities that never sleeps with its active and colorful nightlife. The people of Tokyo have a rich heritage of the arts just like NYC. The museums, festivals and culture all lead to the enjoyment and appreciation of all the arts. The Broadway show, //In to the Heights//, the one that I saw in NYC, is scheduled to be in Tokyo later this year.

Tokyo is also a tourist destination, with people coming from the USA, Canada, Europe, and Singapore, to see the sights. In NYC most people use credit/debit cards but in Tokyo, alot of places don't accept the credit cards. Both cities were renamed in their history... Edo was renamed Tokyo while New Amsterdam was renamed New York City.

Tokyo and all of Japan have the "bullet" train as a source of commuting along with the usual taxis, buses and ferries like NYC has the subways, ferries, taxis, and buses. Both having to move large amounts of people daily and effectively.

= Conclusion = = = As many differences there are between the two, there are as many similarities. Both are heart of the culture of their own country, are the largest populated cities in the area.

New York is of diverse ethnic groups, while Japan is 95% one ethnic makeup. Tourists flock to both places.

//Refrences (Hannah Bohnsack 2009-10.3.5)//
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