Beth's host family

Japan for the holidays! Day 1

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December 24th 2011
We arrived in Japan on Dec 23rd, Beth met as at the airport as planned and we took the train to Namba, which is in Osaka. It was about 2 in the morning for us when we got off the train. We headed in the opposite direction of our hotel by mistake so we wandered about for about 30 mins with luggage in tow before we found the hotel (with some help from a very nice Japanese man that has GPS on his sma ... 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