Dinner in the Air

There and, Wait for it...

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August 30th 2014
Warning: this blog post is being written post arrival day so I will make it sound a lot less hellish than it actually was. Ok so I actually left the states the 28th of August (though granted it was late on the 28th) but I didn't arrive in my host country until 2 days later. I'm sure there are plenty of horror stories throughout the blogs on this site about hellishly long travel days but I ... read more

Asia » Japan » Aichi

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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