Rokuon-Ji Temple

The Golden Pavilion

May 21st 2007
Besides the large number of typos, misspellings, questionable grammer, and other needs-more-editing mistakes in the past three blogs, I have been corrected by Michi on a few facts I just plain got wrong. So, this enty is to correct a couple things, add some more shots/info from the Kyoto trip, and show a bit of our Sunday afternoon wanderings around Harajuku and Shibuya. Kyoto Corrections: Gi ... read more

Asia » Japan

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

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Hale from Seattle, WA USA Ever since college, I have tried to travel somewhere outside the US every couple years or so. I was given the gift of travel to Western Euprope as a graduation gift, and have returned on my own to Paris a handful of times. Luckily I have good friends abroad to stay with and experience local culture. This time around, I thought I would venture to Tokyo to visit visit my dear friend Michi whom I met in college. Created this blog to hopefully share my trip as it happens with friends and family. I'm sure it will be an amazing, crazy, wonderful trip. Enjoy!... full info

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