A Tangerine Shrine

is it the way to Tannadice?

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Geishas, Gardens and Sushi, wonderful Kyoto

September 7th 2005
We're on the road again, or more accurately the rails, as we head south from Nikko to the temple crazy city of Kyoto. Kyoto is Japan's favourite city, the cultural home of Japan, it was the captial for more than 1000 years until the Meiji Restoration moved the Imperial Family north to the present day capital of Tokyo. Kyoto was only settled for 150 years before it became the capital so you can ... read more

Asia » Japan » Kyoto

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

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