Hofuku-ji Shrine

Before you reach a temple/shrine, you can wash your hands at these stations. Here is the one for Hofuku-ji that remembers the life of Okichi-san, the geisha who was ordered to be with the US representative Harris instead of with her true love, a town carpenter.

Fish market and then to a fishing village

May 15th 2005
I typed 7 paragraphs about the 3 days in Shimoda and somehow it got erased. Thus, you have been spared the details. Here is a quick synopsis of my few days in Shimoda. Before leaving Tokyo, I went to the Tuskiji fish market at 5am. Then I head via Bullet Train to Shimoda. A crippled man on a bicycle helped me find a Minshuki (japanesse inn). The coastal resort town was quiet this weekend du ... 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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