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Shinto Wedding at Meiji

memoirs of an unlikely geisha

November 14th 2007
5 cities in 17 days...Japan, the shimmering platinum feather of Asia. To me, China is the gold and red dragon, earthy, masculine, like the clang of a gong. Japan is ethereal and mystical, like robin's egg blue and silver, like a shimmering feather in the Pacific. That's the Japan that I experienced these last three weeks. I arrived in Tokyo and was on the subway for five minutes, when a man ... 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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