The Golden Pavillon

Memoirs of two gaygirls..

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April 21st 2006
hehe... good one. 😊 Well, yesterday we went on a crazy adventure to Kyoto in search of Geisha. This involved catching a local train to Shin-Yokahama, then catching a bullet train (or shinkansen) down to Kyoto. The shinkansen travels at around 300km per hour, when one travels through a station without stopping, the ground shakes, and a 15 carriage train passes in like 10 seconds... very c ... read more

Asia » Japan » Kyoto

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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