Katie as Aphrodite

Trumpeter on the Kama

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October 23rd 2006
--- my favorite scene from Kyoto. On my fifth day, just after a bike trip to the botanical gardens, Katie and I biked down the Kama back toward our guest house - Uno House. She biked off to shop on Shijo and I settled into a low bench to listen to a trumpeter...trumpet player? directly across the Kama. Closer to me, just 20 feet away (the obvious and awkward unit-measurement of an American) sat a ... 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