Have you hugged a (bamboo) tree lately?
Heather, Jennifer, and Alexis giving some lovin' to a bamboo tree, just outside of the "famed" Iwakuni bamboo grove. Unfortunately, the grove was too jungle-like (imagine a jungle-like bamboo grove if you will!) to walk through...
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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]
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] Blog: Iwakuni...home of one of "Japan's three famous bridges"
Date: October 9th 2005
As this was another long weekend in Japan, the country for long weekends (hurrah!) a day trip was in order. Heather, Alexis, Jennifer (fellow Assistant Language Teachers from Hiroshima prefecture) and I decided to spend the day in the city of Iwakuni. It was a mere 45-minute train ride from the city centre of Hiroshima, and before we knew it, we were in the entirely new prefecture of Yamaguchi ( ... read more
Date: October 9th 2005
As this was another long weekend in Japan, the country for long weekends (hurrah!) a day trip was in order. Heather, Alexis, Jennifer (fellow Assistant Language Teachers from Hiroshima prefecture) and I decided to spend the day in the city of Iwakuni. It was a mere 45-minute train ride from the city centre of Hiroshima, and before we knew it, we were in the entirely new prefecture of Yamaguchi ( ... read more
