View from kinosaki room

Rainy days and Mondays always get me down..

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June 3rd 2011
I write this as I watch a grown man driving around on a cool box (enjoying himself a little bit too much in the process) and failing to be able to identify cheddar cheese in a quiz. Hard to believe that this man is nearing 30 and is one fifth of one of the most famous groups in Japan at the moment, anyway I digress.. Now begins the slow travel south towards Kyushu and consequently a whistle st ... 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