My Rabbit
After the temple sightseeing, we went to a Japanese candy shop. We got to participate in a candy making workshop! We practiced twice with old sugar, and then each made one from the edible sugar! It was incredibly fun, but incredibly difficult. You get the sugar at about 90 degrees Celsius, and you only get about a minute or two before it cools too much for you to manipulate it (which is still way too hot to comfortably touch). My practice rabbits looked like creatures from the lagoon, but the one the counted actually turned out well!
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 
