Hozugawa River

The Hozugawa River & Bamboo Groves

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June 6th 2006
After a full week of feeling kinda blah and having a voice that a lot of the mom´s in my baby class referred to as ´husky´I am finally feeling much better and, knock on wood, my voice is returning to normal. A hoarse voice is a hazard of the job I guess when you talk for 6 hours a day! So after returning to the land of the healthy I really wanted to make the most of my time off this week. Frid ... 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