Chilling on the bridge

Chickenpox and naked roomies

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August 8th 2006
I am in Japan!!! A long way from Adelaide, Australia, but here I am in Shizuoka for a year teaching at an English Kindergarten while seeing and experiencing as much of this crazy, mixed up, amazing country as I can! So did that title get you all in?? As soon as kindy finished at 12.00 Friday I was out of there to pack and tidy and jump on the bus and then the Shink to go to Tokyo to s ... 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