shrine

tired... want sleep...

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May 28th 2006
We got back from Nagasaki today. It was a pretty cool city although I used the little free time I had there to catch up on sleep. On the way there, we stopped off at a shrine (Shinto), a castle, and a dutch museum. As it turns out, Nagasaki was the only city in which they allowed trade (only from the dutch) during their isolationist period. Very interesting. That night, we went to a Chine ... 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