Glover's Garden I

Nagasaki

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December 24th 2005
To tell you the truth, I was a little uneasy about going to Nagasaki just because it has a lot of history and …well, I’m American. The first site we went to go see was the Nagasaki bomb hypocenter (the exact location where the bomb was dropped). Afterwards, we went to the museum which was very interesting. We always heard and read about Nagasaki and how the A bomb was dropped there, but who w ... 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