Shodokan Honbu

Japan Outro

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February 20th 2007
Our last week in Osaka was a little slower after our mad fortnight of sight seeing! Stevie G headed home as he actually has a job to go to, while the both of us got ill, Johann suspects a small coughing boy at the dojo of donating a rather nasty strain of flu! We moved into the Hotel Raizan, which was rather like a palace compared to the Banana House...our previous abode which was the skankiest, ... read more

Asia » Japan » Osaka

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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