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Sweet Osaka!

July 16th 2007
Day 6- Sweet Osaka! Our commute to Osaka would be less than ideal. Our bags seem to have doubled in weight and it was raining. Many of the train stations do not have elevators, so between the three stations we were forced to carry our luggage up and down countless flights of stairs. We arrived at Tokyo station to find out that all of the Shinkensen trains were sold out. This was quite curious b ... read more
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Japanese Flag 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
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