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Rights of Passage and The Running Woman Sequel

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February 5th 2007
The big news this week is that I’m not only famous on Yuge Island anymore, now I’m famous in both Ehime and Hiroshima prefecture! My picture was in both the Ehime prefecture newspaper and the Hiroshima prefecture newspaper for teaching in the international school day (see previous blog). In the Ehime newspaper I was pictured playing my fiddle with several students singing “Soldier’s Joy.†... read more

Asia » Japan » Ehime » Ochi » Kamijima

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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