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Skiing in Nagano (2004) winter holiday part 1

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June 27th 2006
"Holidays on Ice" started on December 26 I was set to leave for Nagano on the evening of the 26th at 10 pm. I left earlier coz i wasnt familiar with the area of the bus station and i wanted to have enough time for getting lost etc. Well, good thing because I did get lost haha! But after seeing all these young people with snowboards, I followed them and they took me right to the bus station. The tr ... 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