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Beppu 13/03-15/03

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March 15th 2008
Due the heavy traveling weeks i decided to take some days off for relaxing. So what is better than to spent these days in the best onsen town of japan. If you look over this city, everywhere smoking baths can be seen. Together with benjamin we explored some onsen, drunk sake, drunk a little bit to much beer and went to usuki. Onsens are a important theme in japanese bathing cu ... read more

Asia » Japan

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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