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Shopping in Osaka

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February 4th 2008
konnichiwa! i'm done with my first day of classes! it was an easy first day. i only had my spoken japanese and reading &writing japanese classes. my professors seem really nice and i think i got placed into the right level for me, so hopefully they won't be too difficult! then tomorrow i get to go to my lecture classes. i'm taking intro to japanese history and this other class called peace, dev ... 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