The first tori

More Kyoto and then Shizuoka

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June 8th 2006
We got up and out of bed at about 10 and went to Kyoto Station. We found the Vie De France bakery and loaded up on bread. Everyone else was getting one or two pieces we got like 5. We would run across peach buns, and then they would bring out some chocolate thing and I would have to have one while they were warm. Needless to say we looked like pigs, but whatever. We have been walking an average of ... read more

Asia » Japan » Kyoto

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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