Tame deer

Nara, Temples and deer

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January 20th 2008
The next leg of our trip was to Nara, where Buddhism first came to Japan. This small city SW of Kyoto was the capital when Buddhist missionaries brought Buddhism to Japan and it has lots and lots of fine temples. We stayed in a Ryokan (not a Rokugan as I kept calling them), which is a traditional Japanese inn with tatami floors and futons for beds. There was rather more luxury here as we got t ... 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