Hill top shrine

A small "ish" update

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July 25th 2006
Tuesday 7/25/06 Well it was an eventful weekend, as always, but I didn’t take a lot of pics this time, mainly because my subjects were rather camera shy :P Saturday morning Ko-san showed me a shrine near her house which I hadn’t seen before, but which was quite beautiful. The shrine was divided into 2 parts—one on top of a large hill and one at the base. The one at the top actually used to ... 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