Sengan-en - cloud-pruned pine

Kagoshima in the rain

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May 20th 2019
SC writes: Yesterday we blasted south via Shinkansen to “sunny” Kagoshima only to find it raining. Apparently it has been very wet down here with floods and all sorts...but we just got a bit damp. Having checked into our latest hotel (more room but no Onsen, shuttle bus or free coffee), we set off with borrowed unbrellas to explore, mainly in the sheltered arcades of the Tenmonkan downtown are ... read more

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In 1603, a Tokugawa shogunate (military dictatorship) ushered in a long period of isolation from foreign influence in order to secure its power. For 250 years this policy enabled Japan to enjoy stability and a flowering of its indigenous culture. Fol... ... read more