Miso Factory Tour4

This part was actually pretty cool. To make miso, they have these huge barrels full of the soy beans with rocks on top to compress the beans and measure the rate of compression. The process takes about two or three years. This part was pretty impressive.

Kindergarten Was A Good Time!

November 29th 2006
In kindergarten, life holds a wonderful simplicity. You go to school with your cute little backpack, you play with your new friends of whose last names you are completely ignorant, you learn without even realizing it and without ever having to do any homework, and you are essentially a pretty happy little being floating along through this crazy world. Such is teaching English in Japan. Life i ... read more

Asia » Japan

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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