Still Raining

It was still raining when we got to the youth hostel and we were too late to get tea there so we had to borrow this yellow umbrella and go back out in the rain down the hill to the convenience store. We got a taxi back up the hill!!

Miyajima and Hiroshima

May 8th 2006
Okay, get ready for it, this is going to be a bit of a marathon, but if you get tired reading it, imagine me cramming it all into one weekend. Miyajima Miyajima is a small island off of the coast near Hiroshima. It is home of the 3rd most photgraphed sites in Japan- the Itsukushima Shrine gate- I think I made it number 1 on the weekend the amoutn of photos I took!!! It is a very sacred island ... 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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