Sumo

SUMOSUMOSUMOSUMOSUMO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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September 16th 2007
My oh my it's been a while. Last week I ended up lying low due to a little cold that's going around and a lack of funds. There was the usual partying, some people went to Tokyo and came back with anticlimactic stories, though one of our group managed to get lost with a new Japanese friend overnight. That ended up ok. She says all they did was talk all night in a hotel room, and we have no reason t ... 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