Fiona gets ready for lunch
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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. Fo... [read more]
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. Fo... [read more] Blog: Geishas, Gardens and Sushi, wonderful Kyoto
Date: September 7th 2005
We're on the road again, or more accurately the rails, as we head south from Nikko to the temple crazy city of Kyoto. Kyoto is Japan's favourite city, the cultural home of Japan, it was the captial for more than 1000 years until the Meiji Restoration moved the Imperial Family north to the present day capital of Tokyo. Kyoto was only settled for 150 years before it became the capital so you can ... read more
Date: September 7th 2005
We're on the road again, or more accurately the rails, as we head south from Nikko to the temple crazy city of Kyoto. Kyoto is Japan's favourite city, the cultural home of Japan, it was the captial for more than 1000 years until the Meiji Restoration moved the Imperial Family north to the present day capital of Tokyo. Kyoto was only settled for 150 years before it became the capital so you can ... read more
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Fiona and I started this blog in September 2004 when we decided to jack in the jobs and go for a wee bit of a tour around the world, backpacking and dossing in equal measures, what a time we had, this is what we said in our profile before we left:
Fiona and I are leaving our friends and family behind for a 12 month, 35,000 mile round the world trip.
Our first port of call is San Francisco and our last destination is Delhi, in between we've planned trips to New Zealand, Fiji, Australia, Korea, Japan, China, Vietnam, Laos, Thailand, Cambodia and Nepal.
I'll keep this website as up-to-... full info
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