Kissing Buddha

It's been a while...

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July 9th 2015
Hello all! It’s been a while since I wrote, but that’s because I haven’t had too much eventful going on! Two weekends ago we had our big group picture at Kamakura. We went to Kamakura, which is where the “Big Buddha” is at. All of the Camp people who are in Japan met there and we took a picture in front of it and had a poster that some people made. We had a couple hours to do whatever 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