Fruit stand in Setagaya

Register for Classes and a Walk around Shibuya and Harajuku

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September 22nd 2008
Registered for classes today. I got into the level of Japanese that I wanted...Mid-intermediate. Japanese here is intense,9 hours a week with the option of taking an extra 1:30 elective course. Since I want to go all out Japanese language, I am also taking oral expression, level 3. Other courses (hopefully) are Authoritarianism, Communism, and Democracy; Japanese Political and Social relations ... read more

Asia » Japan » Tokyo

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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