Ueno Park

Mom and Dad's Trip Part II...

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August 12th 2006
Hello Everyone, Well, here is the other half of my parents trip here in Japan. We have had so much fun. I really enjoyed their company and now will miss them very much...even though I will see them so soon. Wednesday turned out to be another rainy day. Mom and Dad were planning on going on a bus tour around Tokyo but decided that since a typhoon was expected to come that they would skip the ... read more

Asia » Japan » Tokyo

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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