Party

After getting rejected from the clubs for being 19 still (legal age in Japan is 20, and it was 3 days from by birthday), Fumi, a girl I met in Hiroshima who loves electronic music just about as much as I do, John and I all went to karaoke instead and then to a ramen shop to wait for the trains to start up again.

Hiroshima, Tokyo and the New Guys

April 5th 2009
Over Spring Break (which is equivalent to Summer Break in America for uni students) I traveled to Hiroshima and nearby Miyajima on my own, and then to Tokyo with a dorm mate of mine. I'd suggest going to the former, and staying away from the latter. Hiroshima was a cool town. Not too big, at about 1.3 million or something, and not too small. Downtown was readily accessible by foot, and all 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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