Rainy Season

Day Seventy: Rain, Rain, Go Away

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June 3rd 2008
Email from Sanae yesterday: Rainy Season has begun!! Japan Weather Forecast announced today! Wow!! Wow indeed Sanae my love. All the more reason for me to buy a raincoat. Well, Rainy season truly has started, from the second I got Sanaes email it started pissing down and hasn't stopped. It's making me feel a bit blue and homesick being cooped up inside so I'm going to write a blog about wh ... 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