Seimei Shrine

The calm after the storm

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September 22nd 2011
It was a perfect morning today in Tokyo. The sun was shining, the sky blue and cloudless ... strange, after the high winds and heavy downpour of yesterday's typhoon. We caught the Shinkansen Bullet Train to Kyoto. The train left precisely on time and we travelled for two and a half hours at high speed and arrived at 3:30pm. In the evening we headed to the Seimei Festival at the Seimei Shri ... read more

Asia » Japan

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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