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Kyoto Trip

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February 4th 2008
so i FINALLY have internet access in my room...which means MORE PICTURES! these pictures are from the trip we took to kyoto on saturday (even though i was still exhausted from osaka the night before). me, leilani, anton, bas, and leilani's roommate olga all rode our bikes to makino station, which is just down the road. we left them there and got on the the train to kyoto. and we didn't get lo ... read more

Asia » Japan » Kyoto » Kyoto » Gion

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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