Cam with Mie's family!!

Going to the country....gonna drink a lot of beer!!

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July 14th 2006
On the 5th of July we were invited out to Tsukuba in the Ibaraki prefecture to visit Mie's (Matt's wife) family there. Ibaraki is mostly countryside with lots of fresh crops and many open fields. They've recently built a new express trainline out to Tsukuba in the past year called the "Tsukuba Express" ( original name, we thought! ). This final leg on our 2 and a half hour journey to other sid ... 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