Takayama

The other side

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May 28th 2017
Geo: 36.15, 137.24 - Takayama For over two weeks we have been travelling mostly to cities large and not so large and are having to search each day for all the beautiful things we are discovering here. Finally we are faced with natural beauty spread out before us and in abundance. After about twenty minutes on the Shinkansen travelling from Kanazawa to Toyama we board a limited express train ... 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