“Remember, remember the 5th of November” - well not quite, over in Japan it’s the 3rd of November and it is a national holiday known as ‘culture day’. This day is a very significant day in the history of Japan (wp). This day started off as the birthday of the Meiji Emperor (wp) and later became the day of the post-war constitution of Japan was announced. To commemorate his birth in 1852, a festival is held at shrine to emperor Meiji in Tokyo, about which I had written before.
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A friend of mine lives in Narita (wp, wt), so I decided to pay a visit this weekend. Narita is probably best known for being the site of Tokyo’s international airport, however, it is also a pretty town with a mountain-village feel to it and a large temple complex.full story ...

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