Suspension Bridge

Japan is Actually Beautiful!! (Joe Corvo Day)

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May 1st 2006
Bland concrete office buildings and tenement-like apartment complexes are opaquely visible against a smog-obscured horizon; power lines propped up on looming metal relay towers cut a swath across mountain tops; rivers, in addition to having their ebb and flow regulated by concrete banks, suffer the further indignity of being home to discarded bicycles, tires, umbrellas and other unwanted debris. ... 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