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I Love Kyoto :)

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May 10th 2007
Got lucky and had a three day weekend this past weekend 😊!!! Much better than the past three weeks where I have had only one day weekends because of shift swaps. I hemmed and hawed about whether or not to head out to Kyoto or to just relax around Shizuoka for a few days. Monday morning before I left for work I called up a hostel and asked if they had any room for the next day and they had ... 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