the half-way point

After walking for an hour in the heat, (seriously, it was about a zillion degrees and ridiculously humid) we spent our break time trying to figure out how to sit in our outfits and finding a way to get our swords out of their sheaths. (They were tied quite well, but where there's a will...)

Samurai Debut

November 20th 2008
Konnichiwa! Sorry, I know I'm really slow with posting entries, but I think you'll forgive me after the amazing-ness of the tales I am about to tell. You're gonna love it, I swear! Sunday (08/30/2008) This day was the start of a festival in Tsuru called Hasaku-Matsuri. It marks the beginning of fall and is a 2-day festival that we were gonna get to have all sorts of fun in. For this fi ... 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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