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1st day Osaka

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June 15th 2006
Today is the 1st day I arrived in jp- Osaka. On the plane, I saw it was raining!!! O… gosh! I don’t want my vacation all wasted in rain! In airport, I exchanged my JR pass receipt into real JR pass. The officer spoke English but with quite heavy accent. My English is not gd enough to listen to those… then I walked away w/ lists of doubts! I dunno how or in what conditions the pass can work. ... read more

Asia » Japan » Osaka

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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