tokyo tower

the day of over a million steps

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July 8th 2006
Johnnie spent almost an hour typing up our first day and then it didn't post. all that work lost! bummer... any way to recap it very shortly we arrived to take an 80 min. train trip to get to our hotel. we dropped off our crap and headed out to explore our immediate surroundings. As we were walking around Asakusa Rory found 6000 yen on the ground which 5000 yen went to pay for our dinner. Score! ... read more

Asia » Japan » Nagano » Minowa

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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