Hakone

Snow just for us

Hakone

March 3rd 2009
Day 5/6 The next day after another great breakfast there was time to walk through the town before catching the local train and two shinkansen to at a town where we were to catch the bus to Hakone. Upon arrival our leader advised us that it was snowing up at Hakone for only the third time this winter. This was not the small patches of snow that we had seen in Nikko. The town was covered ... 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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Welcome to my Travel Journal. Ill be updating here as often as I can so you can catch up on my travels whenever you have the time. (I hope Ill be better at updating than I am with emailing or phoning!). There are green boxes below to help you jump to a particular country. Where am I now: 26 December 09 - At Lovices, in Wijchen, The Netherlands Below is a summary and map of the key places Ill be visiting. * Japan, China, Mongolia, Russian Federation * Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania * Poland, Germany, Austria, Czech Repub... full info

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