Looking up at Hachiman-gu

Kanagawa

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September 26th 2008
The international community center at Waseda took 20 students to Kamakura, about an hour and a half out of Tokyo. I was fortunate enough to get in. The trip was absolutely wonderful. More than half of the students were Japanese so I got to embarrass myself for the whole day. Practice is starting to pay off though, just by talking as much as I can and reading every street sign, advertisement, a ... read more

Asia » Japan » Kanagawa » Kamakura

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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