On the river at Arashiyama

Day 11 - Kyoto (Arashiyama) - monkeys and more!

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December 9th 2015
Geo: 34.9999, 135.754We slept in, called home, and had a leisurely breakfast - some of us hadn't slept so well after Olivia kicked the house down in the middle of the night 😉 (Olivia bumped a paper screen door in her sleep, and it fell out of its tracks. G thought it was an earthquake or the zombie apocalypse and was prepared to run! The boys and I slept through it all). We walked to t ... read more

Asia » Japan

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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