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Arrival In Japan - Day 1

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May 18th 2007
This really starts on 17th May with a 6am pickup from home by our friends Dorothea & Yvonne who kindly drove us to Manchester airport to start our holiday. We checked in with Air France and got our tickets to Paris and from Paris to Osaka, but the seat allocation we had been given differed from those we had originally booked. We were told by the Air France desk that agents are not allowed to r ... read more

Asia » Japan » Osaka » Osaka » Shinsaibashi

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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