Festivals in Nagoya and Kasugai; rafting and onsen in Gifu. 107

Festivals in Nagoya and Kasugai; rafting and onsen in Gifu.

October 19th 2008
Last weekend eventful. On Saturday we went to the Nagoya festival and enjoyed the passing parade. All kinds of strange things went by including Miss Goldfish, sword wielding Samurai (one of whom had forgotten to remove his digital watch), some beautifully made-up Geishas and other women wearing assorted traditional dress, flag wavers, dancers, creepy puppet bird things on stilts and of course the ... 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

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Jude Matthews

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Hello. My name is Jude and I am currently participating in the Japanese Exchange and Teaching programme. (JET programme). I am from the UK and I am married to Ian who is also on the programme. I am interested in discovering Japanese culture, learning the language and improving my teaching. I am a Psychology graduate and qualified Primary school teacher however I will be teaching in 3 Senior High (15 - 18) schools in Aichi prefecture, Japan. In between teaching days we intend to travel around as much of Japan as possilble so whilst I might mention school a bit, hopefully I'll be able to share ... full info

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