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Day Nine: Fasten your seatbelts

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April 4th 2008
The restaurant shifted first to the left, and then to the right. I put down my chopsticks and glance around the restaurant. The general noise has gone down, but no one else seems to be panicking or even have noticed that the third floor restaurant is dancing about on the street with us inside it. It must've been my imagination. But ahhhh! It can't be my imagination because the restaurant i ... 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