night shot

gone to Yamagata to renew license

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December 7th 2008
Hey all. I realized a few days back that I needed to renew my driver's license.. I thought it'll be a nice day in Yamagata, until I saw that it started snowing.. few pictures of what it looked like the night before and what it looked like this morning.. I woke up around 6:30am.. had breakfast, and got ready.. It takes about one and a half hours to get to the "Yamagata Prefecture Traffic Safe ... 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