Kimono - Sitting Seiza

Kara, Kara, Kara - Empty from Ancient China

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October 4th 2006
Well folks, I finally found it. A Japanese class for clueless foreigners like myself! The class is an hour and a half once a week in Nishio, the next city over. It is taught by volunteers, so it is surprisingly inexpensive (2000 yen/year!), but there are enough volunteers that each student gets a one-on-one teacher. After my first class last week, I am practicing my hiragana (Japanese syllabar ... 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