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Imperial Garden

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May 5th 2006
About a month ago I went to the Imperial Gardens in Tokyo with two guys from Sweden. It was quite pleasant, lots of trees and grass. The Swedes are heavily addicted to an online game called World of Warcraft that I was unfortunate enough to have a past addicition to, so we swapped some war stories. I escaped long ago; they spent most of their time in Japan reading about the game and lamenting over ... read more

Asia » Japan » Tokyo

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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