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Miyazaki 16/03-17/03

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March 19th 2008
After a nigth in Kagoshima i went for a day trip to Miyazaki prefecture, this area is on the most weestern-southern point of Kyushu. The climate is in contradiction to the wintertimes in hokaido, subtropical in this part. I am on the same hiegth now as Jeruzalem, so you can imagine the wheather (but is was raining last two days). I have for the first time this trip the feeling that i am in Asia, b ... 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