Bon Odori

Summer dancing festival, the night before leaving for Tokyo. Arahori San- My friend who has organised for me and Amelia to take Traditional Japanse dance classes, as of this Friday, for no cost. (Nihonbuyo) Lovely guy, also a fan of Adelaide!

Nikko, with Amelia

September 20th 2008
After Shikoku came Nikko, after one day of sleep and washing followed by a bon odori (summer style traditional dancing festival) at night, which we ended up getting to by Shinkansen. We stayed here for two days and two nights at a beautiful little place called Nikko Park Lodge, with the most accomodating man running it, Zairyo, a buddhist monk who had practised in the US for 20 years, who ran a pr ... 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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