The Lotus Flowers and The Drunken Teachers Photo 1

This is Ueno, but it's before the markets; you can see where they begin a bit further down in the photo, where there's a crowd. I don't like being one of those tourists who go into crowded areas and photograph everything, so I missed a good shot of the markets.

The Lotus Flowers and The Drunken Teachers

November 14th 2007
I had a frustrating experience getting out of Hokkaido for Tokyo. Due to bad weather, the shinkansen stopped running on Monday afternoon, and I found myself back in a Hakodate hotel room for the night. I was tired, I'd had to wake up at 5:30 am on Monday morning to get a series of trains which would see me in Tokyo by 7 pm. Tuesday morning saw me exhausted. I had already booked another early morni ... read more

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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

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