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Kicking around

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May 28th 2008
Long roads, mini vans Still in Golden Week mode, and with the weather bearing up, I took off for the southern coast of Shikoku, and the prefecture of Kochi. As opposed to the dead still, wave less seas of the Inland sea where my island floats, Kochi makes up a giant bay area of the large island of Shikoku, which hugs the Taiheiyou, or pacific ocean. When I walked out of my house ye ... 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