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Day 8 - Sapporo

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December 23rd 2013
Today I finally gone and done the deed. Have my haircut. The sound of hair being cut off (dried) is massively daunting. And the "shooop shooop" sound is also very daunting. Seeing your own hair going to waist length to less than shoulder length is also very strange. From waist length it went to just over shoulder length. Just enough length for them to sculpt out the ri ... 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