Seaweed forests!

Oshyoro Sea Kyaking

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June 5th 2005
For some strange reason, my body and brain woke up at 7:30 am, was going to go back to sleep but for an even stranger reason (I still don't know what that would be) I got out of bed grabbed my bike and went for a mountain bike. Went to shiribetsu river and locked the bike up and decided to go for a trail run along the river. Was so beautiful and the air was so fresh you could smell the salt, dew ... read more

Asia » Japan

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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