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Days Forty Six and Forty Seven: Adventures with Christine

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May 12th 2008
Christine was planning a trip to Japan. She started reading about Tokyo online, read a few of my blogs and decided (quite rightly) that I sounded awesome, so, she emailed me. I got Christines email about a week ago, thought (quite rightly) that she sounded awesome and decided to respond to her. We hit it off with a bang and set up a date.... so here's the stories about my two day date with the one ... read more

Asia » Japan » Tokyo » Ikebukuro

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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