Moving the traffic lights out of way.

Festival, Flowers, Pumpkins and Ainu People

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July 27th 2016
Geo: 42.387, 141.01816 - 25 July 2016 From Tokyo to Kyoto, Himeji, Naoshima in the Inland Sea and Hokkaido.Gilli departed early on the 16th and we left Anna & James in Tokyo to enjoy their last couple of days alone and then set off back to Kyoto. The reason for this is that Kyoto has an annual festival, the Gion Matsuri Festival which lasts the whole of July in Gion but with the highlight, a p ... 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