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Cheese over Garlic Chips
Bakejizos

January 18th 2006
Greetings from Japan! We've had an interesting second week here spent mostly in Tokyo, though we also ventured a few hours north to the spiritual center of Nikko. Japan has lowered its aesthetic distance to us. We fell in love with sushi all over again, devouring a delicious meal the other night. We visited amazing galleries in Ginza, and walked among the buddhas in Nikko. The man who befriended u ... read more
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Japanese Flag 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
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