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Pre-travelblog.org blog: Japan 2007

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July 23rd 2009
I wrote this group of blogs on myspace after I got back from Japan in the summer of 2007. Enjoy! Sunday, September 02, 2007 Tokyo 1 Hi all, So, I was debating if I was going to write any blogs about my Japan trip, mostly because we saw so much, and I'm not able to get into too much detail about it, or it'd just be a lot of work, but hell with it. Here we go. I flew standby to Toky ... read more

Asia » Japan » Tokyo » Shibuya

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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