the inside of the cathedral

March 26-30: Kyushu road trip!

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May 31st 2008
These pics are old...from our trip over spring break to Kyushu. Japanese Vocabulary rotemburo: outdoor onsen hotspring jigoku: natural hotspring...not the type you bathe in, the type you watch boil and steam minshuku: japanese bed and breakfast place caldera: not Japanese vocab, but just general vocab, it's bowl shaped volcanic formation, caused after an eruption empties out the magma chambe ... read more

Asia » Japan

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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