Obachan's Garden

Please Adopt Me!

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September 11th 2006
I don't have much time to write as I am supposed to be leaving soon for a week-long Japanese course at the Kagoshima Asia-Pacific Intercultural Centre, but I wanted to post something about my weekend. Although I had been planning a laid back weekend full of sleeping in and not much else, I was asked to participate in a home stay program halfway through last week. I had heard about the programme ... 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