Igaku-Shoin publishers

3 days in 1 - or so it felt!

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September 17th 2015
Hi again and sorry for a delay in getting anything back on Thursday, it was an extremely long but productive day with numerous commutes across the city by metro and taxi– we left the hotel at 08.30 with Mimi (and then were joined en route by Sami (our translator for the next 4 days) and took several metro trains to a hospice to the east of the city (St John’s). Spent and hour there with a love ... read more

Asia » Japan » Tokyo

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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