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Sunday - Rabbit Island - this one is for you Julie C :-)

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September 26th 2014
Today I was off to rabbit island which is about an hour or so from Hiroshima by high speed and local train. There were two purposes for visiting the island, first and foremost to see the rabbits, and secondly to see where they once stored and tested chemical weapons. You get to the island by ferry which cost 310¥ each way. I had booked trains to get me to Tadanoumi station by about 10am. W ... 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