Birthday Boy

Kyoto - Day 9

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May 26th 2007
Well, our last day in Kyoto and a glorious day greeted Anthony's birthday. We got up bright and early and headed for the Fushimi Inari shrine, home of over ten thousand torii gates. The logisitics of positioning these thousands of bright orange arches must have been a nightmare, but it was very impressive on the hillsides to the south of Kyoto. Anthony was overjoyed to see the place guarded by ... read more

Asia » Japan » Kyoto

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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