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Moby Carp

There were lots of carp in the river in Ito.
Temples and trains...lots of both!

October 28th 2011
We left early on Thursday morning for Kamakura by train. We arrived in Kamakura after about two hours and three transfers.....It was a beautiful day...sunny and warm, but not too hot. We walked from temple to temple, along with crowds of school kids, older Japanese tourists and a very few "gaijin" (foreigners). We have seen so few non-Japanese here (except for on the base of course), that it a ... read more
Asia » Japan » Shizuoka » Ito

Japanese Flag 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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