Nara Park

Synchronised grazing...

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Nara

May 15th 2006
Sadly, I have come to the end of my stay in Japan, and just as I am starting to pick up a bit of the language! Before leaving for Australia, I had to squeeze in a trip to Nara, only forty kilometres south (one hour by train) from Kyoto. Before Tokyo was the national capital of Japan it was Kyoto, and before that, Nara, which became Japan's first permanent capital in 710. The main purpose of my vis ... read more

Asia » Japan » Kyoto

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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