How I Ended Up In the Middle of This Ill Never Know

I'm Big In Japan

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December 7th 2007
The Bullet train ride up from Kyoto to Tokyo was like ticking off one of the final boxes of things I wanted to do on this trip. The Nosomi express was incredible fun, with the scenery of a two and a half hour trip flashing past the windows like a video screen on fast forward. My mate Dan once said that the Dutch double-decker trains were like the Rolls-Royce of locomotives - debatable - but if t ... 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