Lake Kawaguchi

Busy Tokyo

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February 6th 2007
We just had a couple of days in Tokyo. We went to see the Imperial Palace gardens, Harajuku (this place where the crazy youths hang out and get dressed up in these crazy outfits), Meiji-ji shrine and Shinjuku one day. The next day we headed out to see Mt Fuji at Kawaguchi-ko, this lake area near the bottom of the mountain. It was very picturesque but the mountain gets more hazy from about lunch ... 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