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Fuji beat me to a pulp, but I had the last laugh!

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September 15th 2010
I'm a broken man. Fuji literally pile-drived me so hard that, not only am I still amazingly sore a few days later, NEW problems are popping up (like awful stomach aches and immense back pain) that I can only attribute to Fuji's masterful art of kicking my ass. But I have the last laugh, Fuji! I have pictures and videos of the sunrise that I took while standing atop your lifeless (but still acti ... 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