Bah-be-que

There and Back

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January 20th 2010
With adrenaline pumping through my veins, I waved “so long” to Takamatsu as the 1am ferry pulled out from the dock. I had begun my long journey back to the States, figuratively and literally: the door-to-door trip from my apartment in Takamatsu to my parents’ house in Lexington took thirty hours and thirty minutes. In the greater sense, it took 16 months to come back home. In order to pre ... 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