Stairway to Nikko

Zen and Now

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October 16th 2013
Well, this will be the last blog for this trip. I am sitting in my hotel in Tokyo waiting for the worst effects of Typhoon Wipha to pass before heading to the airport and (hopefully) catching my flight home to Sydney. On Tuesday I headed off to the World Heritage site of Nikko. I incorrectly thought that the journey from Nagano to Tokyo was going to be my last trip on the shinkansen, but i ... 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