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This is what sleeping in the morgue must feel like...

August 30th 2006
No, I didn't fall asleep in a morgue or take a rest in a mausoleum. I spent the night at a capsule hotel in Tokyo, but more on that in a bit. In an attempt to ready myself for my trip to Hong Kong this weekend, Eve and I decided to make the trip over to Yokohama- Japan's 2nd largest city and home to the country's biggest Chinatown. After leaving Fukushima on a 6:30am bus, we made our connecti ... read more
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Japanese Flag 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
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