Japanese Cyrano De Bergerac

As is evidenced by the trains, this statue is at one of the train stations I’d visited during my trip out to Mt. Fuji. A train platform seems like an odd place to put a statue, but then this being Japan there must be a logical explanation for it. In any case, its protruding nose reminded me of Cyrano De Bergerac.

The Last Challenge

July 15th 2006
What a difference a year makes. Around this time last year, Kathy and Netty invited me to climb the tallest and most venerated mountain in Japan: Fuji-san, as the locals affectionately call it. At the time, I thought Mt. Fuji was too far, the trip there was too expensive, and I could think of at least a million more enjoyable things to do than hiking up a mountain in the pitch of darkness just t ... 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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