a beautiful burial ground

May 3rd 2006
This next entry is from "Golden Week," a week-long holiday celebrated here in Japan around the first week of May. This period is a conglomeration of separate national holidays. Greenery Day (April 29th), Memorial Day (May 3rd), and Children's Day (May 5th) are the 3 holidays that are honored during this time. We're not really sure why the Japanese celebrate all of them so closely together, but ... 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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Laurence Buckley & Melanie Buckley

Laurence Melanie

Hello World, Our journey started on February 16, 2005, when we met in New York City. We became inseparable from the very first day we met, began dating, fell in love, and moved in together in SoHo, N.Y.C. Our lives, now intertwined, took a very adventurous turn as we moved to Japan. While living in Japan for a year I (Larry) taught English as a second language in Shin Uryasu-shi and Melanie was Ariel in a performance of 'The Little Mermaid' at Disney Sea in Tokyo. After Japan, we realized how much we enjoyed traveling and decided to move to South Korea. During our first year in Sout... full info

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