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Falling in love with Kanazawa - part 2

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April 17th 2014
Kanazawa is just amazing! Have you ever seen a temple with 23 rooms and 29 staircases?!? Well, it exist. This place is called Myoryuji temple but is nicknamed Ninja-dera due to its deceptive architecture. From the outside, it looks like a regular 2-floor temple but it has 4 floors and 7 tiers. This place was built by the 3rd lord of Kaga, Maeda Toshitsume. At the end of the Edo period, ... 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