Osaka castle grounds

Day 38! Osaka and their fascination with foreigners

September 11th 2005
I'm in Osaka!! And it is sooooo crazy and busy and noisy, I can imagine that Tokyo will be just as bad, if not worse! But it's good to see the big cities as well as the small ones. Last night I went back to the YH and was reading in the common room and another foreigner came in and we got to talking. He is from France and his English is not all that good so we were conversing in Japanese. It i ... 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

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Lanz

I moved around a lot when I was growing up, and my guess is that this is at least one of the reasons why I love to travel and always seem to be dreaming about it. I spent a life-changing year in Japan when I was at university and this only added to my wanderlust. I ended up back in Japan after graduating as I obviously wasn't quite finished with the country and from there, well I'll let you read what happened next. "Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life you have imagined" -Henry David Thoreau ... full info

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