Alex san?

Day 102: Alex Yamamoto?

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July 8th 2008
I sniffed the air curiously and a wave of nostalgia swept over me. It was the smell of Alex, my big bolivian friend from Sydney, I looked around curiously and gasped in shock. My god, it actually was Alex!! What the hell was he doing in Japan! In Saitama! Without calling me! I shuffled my handbag to the other shoulder and prepared myself to lunge on him in a giant hug, when someone bumped him, ap ... 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