Cleaning Up

The Canmore of Shimane

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March 18th 2006
About 45 minutes from Masuda is this lovely little mountain town called Tsuwano. I liken it to Canmore because it's nestled in a valley, has only one decent street to walk down, and is a town people visit because all the good places are too far away. First on the agenda was the Taikodani-Inari-jinja, one of the largest ... 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