New Years Day

December in and around Nagoya

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January 19th 2012
Hello We hope you had a lovely Christmas and New Year, ours was really good. My parents came to Japan and this blog will show you some of the stuff we did whilst they were here. You may notice Ben isn't in many because he had to work but he is in other ones that I will hopefully publish today. ... read more

Asia » Japan » Aichi » Nagoya

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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