getting ready go into the baths

Onsen and Kichijoji

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September 30th 2007
This weekend my friends Wynne and Amy and I decided we have been working too hard and to give ourselves a break from the hustle and bustle that is Tokyo life so 11am Saturday morning we made our way to Odaiba to spend the day at Oed-onsen. An onsen is a hot spring with many different kind of baths such as Okeburo, a grand indor bath, an open air bath, an outside foot bath, Sunaburo, Ganbanburo, e ... 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