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Survivor Ama Island: Golden Week 2007

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May 20th 2007
Plans for Okinawa never made it off the ground so I ended up going camping with my friends, Nicole, Jackie, and Rachael during the last half of Golden Week. I had to work the Saturday before Golden Week so I got Tuesday off work. That means I had to go to work on Wednesday kind of randomly and then the next day left for the islands. Golden Week by the way is just a week of national holidays that ... 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