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Watashi-no Heya (My Room!)

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May 14th 2008
Well now that it's almost the end of the semester, I guess it would be a good time to write about my room...and my very ummm, interesting, roommate. For some reason I just haven't had very good luck with roommates over here. At the beginning of the semester I had to change seminar houses because I didn't like my roommates, and all I wanted was someone normal. Well, I didn't get normal! But the one ... read more

Asia » Japan » Osaka » Hirakata

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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