Hiroshima Castle

South by Shinkansen

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August 24th 2006
We are currently on holidays for a couple of weeks and it's absolutley fantastic!!! Have already done heaps of stuff and we'll be doing heaps more in the next 5 days we still have off, so thought we'd update our trip down south by the shinkansen!! Last Thursday (17th) Eddie, Valerie, Cameron and I set of for four days down in south Japan. We took the Shinkansen (aka Bullet Train). There are act ... 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