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Streets of Hagi

Hagi- the last of Honshu

August 12th 2005
I left Matsue on the 7.30am train on Wednesday and it was defintiely a struggle to get up that early. I had to be up at 5.45 just to get to the train station on time becasue I had to walk and catch a different local train and a bus, but I got there. The train trip to Hagi was very long, it took about 5 hours all up and I had to transfer at a little place called Masuda. The train I caught from Masu ... read more
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Japanese Flag 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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