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Day 13 - morning in Yoichi and afternoon in Otaru

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December 28th 2013
Yoichi is a town that makes famous whiskey. And since Otaru is now full of mainland Chinese people, I thought I might as well make a trip over to Yoichi. I got to Otaru station at 1010. I then made my reservation to the airport tomorrow (staying overnight there because of early flight on Monday). The problem is there's not that many train to Yoichi from Otaru so I ended up spendin ... 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