Breakfast ...

... at Kohikan, a chain-type coffee shop we came across in Kyoto. The pancakes and toast and eggs were nothing special, but the coffee was phenomenal - we tried a charcoal-roasted variety.

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Tradition

December 31st 2013
Geo: 35.6895, 139.692Japan is a country based upon tradition - it's something you see everyday here, with the Japanese leading very regimented lives, and having very specific, almost ritualistic, ways of doing things. There's something to be said for doing things a certain way, simply for the fact that it's how things have always been done; however, one of the amazing aspects of Jap ... read more

Asia » Japan

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

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