Dawn and Ben at the foot massage park

A couple of my new discoveries...

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March 1st 2007
Hello everyone!!! You get a double dose of travel bloggage today because I forgot to publish my last entry last week. Things are still going well in Japan!!! I still have not left Shizuoka, there is so much to do and see here. Have I told you guys how lucky I feel to be living in this city? It really is the perfect size, not too big and not too small and it has so much character and so many t ... 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