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Japan ’23 Part III: Just a tad cooler in Hakone

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August 18th 2023
Fri: Lake Biwa to Gora Good morning, 5 am ☀️ The sun was just rising and the east side was turning orange. Breakfast was done before 6 am. It was a good time to take a stroll along the lake which we hadn’t been able to take advantage of yet. We had been seeing a lot of people walking and jogging the lakeside path from our 19th-floor room. Y wasn’t onboard but he was happy to walk on roc ... read more

Asia » Japan » Kanagawa » Hakone

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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