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Japan - Part Ni, Osaka, Kyoto and the Ferry

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November 12th 2007
Good-day faithful blog readers, good-day, First and foremost I'd like to offer an apology for the lack of blog activity over the past few weeks. The communist regime in China didn't let us actually access our website the whole time we were there (along with several other key websites like Wikipedia, BBC News etc...) and we've been pretty busy in Thailand the past few days. Up until now that is ... read more

Asia » Japan » Osaka » Osaka

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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