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On Shikoku -and our Indian summer is over!

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December 2nd 2014
The past week has been full of contrasts in Japan and for our group. Temperatures in the 20's in Tottori and the Adachi Gardens and Museum, hot enough in Hagi for some to go bike riding and for all to take a river cruise, have plunged to below 10 with cold winds in the last couple of days. Sunshine on the Tottori Sand dunes was replaced by torrential rain in Miyajima. Yesterday the winds were so s ... 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