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The Bullet and the Bamboo Grove (Help my shoe is falling apart !)

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September 12th 2013
Woke up to Macdonalds yehhhhhhhh. So our first foray on a Bullet train went off without a hitch. The trains look like dolphins. Osaka via Kyoto... Bamboo forest (Arashiyama) as well as the Tenryu-ji Temple, a cultural heritage site. Upon arrival we had to walk about 15mins to get to the Bamboo forest area. It was a strange site. We all know what bamboo looks like, but to see a forest of them ... 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