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Walking back to the train station in Kyoto Station.
Lost in Translation

September 17th 2008
So my first week in Kyoto has been fun filled and overwhelming with Japanese, Mandarin, French, bad English, and any other language you can think of. Its still hard to believe that I am actually here in Nippon! I have met lots of people and seen some of the sights of Kyoto but not all of them because I don't want to overwhelm myself and see everything at once. Lets see....I've been lost three time ... read more
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Japanese Flag 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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