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Sakura

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March 30th 2018
Lucky enough to be here during the Sakura season. It is a national past time to stroll along the parks and river beds underneath a tunnel of full blooming cherry blossom. Japanese even have “Hanami parties” which you picnic under the cherry blossom trees. Companies stake out spots and hold morale events. We totally lucked out on the weather too, last week I heard it snowed but today was sunny ... read more

Asia » Japan » Tokyo

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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