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Japanese  Flag 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. Fo... [read more]
Blog: Peace Memorial City
Date: August 1st 2008

Hiroshima is made famous by the tragedy of the world's first A-bomb which was dropped on this city during the second world war. David and I wanted to visited Hiroshima because we felt that it would be interesting to visit a Japanese city has not been made popular by trends or culture. We stayed in hostel in Hiroshima was which just as nice as our ryokan in Tokyo but for half the price, and we g ... read more




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