Getting Ready For Battle

Matsumoto Castle, Matsumoto

How a Small Swede Became Part of Big Japanese Tourist Attraction

October 11th 2017
Hello my fellow travellers! Yesterday I had a wonderful and relaxed time together with Junko and Bárbara in Fujieda and Shizuoka, enjoying a tea ceremony (chanoyu) and I was able to purchase both a kimono and a pair of hakama (trousers). Today it was time to continue my journey though and so I said my goodbyes to Junko for this year as I stepped on the shinkansen (bullet tr ... 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

6th November 2017

RENanDREW
Ren & Andrew

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This is such a cute pic, and less 'hmmm' than the one before it (without the context of the hakama tying) :) Do you know what the text on your facebook photo says?

A Small Swede in the Big World
Per-Olof Persson

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Haha, I know. I just couldn't putting them both up because I thought the first one looked so hilarious and we were all laughing so hard when we did this. The text on the top of picture says Rasuto Samurai, Last Samurai, the text on the bottom are there character names, on the left Matsudaira Naomasa and on the right Ogasawara Hidemasa. :-)

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