The scenic Japanese countryside

Chapter 3: Japan (Part 2: The Meaty Content)

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September 16th 2008
So you may have gotten the sense that we didn’t like Japan much. Ok, well for that you win the game. We can’t believe it either. We were both seriously looking forward to the place - everyone we know who has been has claimed to love it. So we are devastated, and never mind the cost of it. Having liberated ourselves from Cathay ‘I’d skip that if I were you’ Pacific, we entered Narita Int ... read more

Asia » Japan » Tokyo

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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