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It's been a while

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October 14th 2008
Haven't posted in a while. Been busy here with joining a few extra-curriculars and banging my head against this wall of language day in and day out. It's been a month now and I know I made the right call coming here. It's been a month now....two more to go before I'm supposed to hit some magical threshold where Japanese is no longer a fight. It's tiring when communicating is work rather than a ... 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