Shizuoka City

Arrival!!!!! Week 1- 27th March- 3rd April

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March 28th 2006
I am in Japan!!! A long way from Adelaide, Australia, but here I am in Shizuoka for a year teaching at an English Kindergarten while seeing and experiencing as much of this crazy, mixed up, amazing country as I can! My first few days in Japan land have been great and sucked in to all you non believers- I havent cried once!!!! Having Marissa here has really helped me settle in and the Man ... read more

Asia » Japan » Shizuoka

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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