Takayama

Takayama

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September 19th 2010
Takayama After Fukuoka, we didn’t really have much choice in where we wanted to go, as it was a national holiday and the Korean teachers were off for a month, the only accommodation we could find was in Central Honshu so we had a mammoth of a train journey to get from the south to the centre, it’s very lucky that the Japanese have a brilliant train system…so getting to Takayama was easy b ... read more

Asia » Japan

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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