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Turning Japanese

April 12th 2013
Goodbye Southeast Asia, hello Japan. I've been here five days now, initial impressions are very good but I'll get to that in a bit. Cambodia was... brief. Brief and very bloody hot. April is the hottest month of the year for most of Southeast Asia, and although it's only about 5 degrees hotter on average than their coldest month of the year you definitely notice it. Of the five days ... read more
Asia » Japan » Nagano » Hakuba

Japanese Flag 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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