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A hop skip and jump from Tokyo

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February 8th 2010
On the road the kyoto.... first step, Shinagawa station. We get there about the same time that a thousand or some Japanese are on their way to work, and we are caught in the middle of a sea of black hair all streaming in one direction. You can easily lose your companions with a blink of an eye, and trying to cross the path of the herd is as close as playing human frogger that you can get. With suc ... 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