Golden Pavillion

Kyoto

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March 27th 2006
Saturday night, went out with Jimmy to Shubuya and stumbled upon this wild club where I ran into Hedi, my roomie from the first two nights at Tokyo Ryokan! It's absolutely baffling, how in a city of 12.4 million people, you can still run into someone you know. We ended the night around 5:00 and then headed back to the capsule hotel where I bid farewell to Jimmy before he headed back to London. I p ... 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