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Temples and Culture in Kyoto

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October 5th 2009
Super Express Train We rode the ridiculously expensive super express train from Tokyo to Kyoto. It cost twice as much to take this train ride than it did to fly from Hanoi to Singapore. It took us 2 hours and 40 minutes to travel over 500 kilometers, so that was pretty cool. We could have saved ourselves twenty minutes, and paid more per person to take, I guess, the super super e ... 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