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A Walk with Su-te-i-shi

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December 13th 2005
I feel I get much more exercise here in Japan than I did at home. Either I'm walking to school, walking home from school, or biking to the nearby mall (and what a wonderful mall it is!...more to follow in a later entry), or the train station to catch a street car to go downtown. I feel incredibly lucky that I can walk to school each day. It takes about 15 minutes, and most of it is an uphill ... read more

Asia » Japan » Hiroshima

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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