The local rotemburo

Bettina and I after 2 1/2 hours in the local (but luckily one of the best I've been in!) public bath- spas, massaging water chairy things, hot and cold baths outside, 4 saunas... $6 and you can stay 24 hours, if you had more stamina than the 5 of us... So relaxed... So sleepy

Fun in Kansai

August 31st 2008
One major highlight of my summer break was a camp with people from the dorm...- After a 9 hour night bus home from my Tokyo trip back to Osaka, 2 days of sleep and rotemburo (a public outdoor bath, nearby), Skyping friends and family, catching up with a couple of friends back here and having one last night out with Sarah before we said goodbye, I went off on a "camp" with 69 other people from the ... 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

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