Sports day japes Photo 5

Sports day japes

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September 17th 2011
Saturday was the sports festival for both my elementary schools, both of which had invited me to attend. Short of cloning myself, this meant arriving at 8.30am at Dai Ni school (the school nearest to where I live and with only a small amount of students) and staying for an hour and half, before dashing the fifteen minute drive across the mountain to the larger school for the second part of the mor ... 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