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		<title>Tsushima: a boundary island of Japan</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Sep 2013 14:20:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you want to get to Tsushima, an island in Nagasaki Prefecture, by ferry, you will have to start in Fukuoka — or a quicker option would be to start your journey in Busan, South Korea. The jet foil from Busan zips passengers across the nearly 50 km separating it from Tsushima in little over [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Emperor and the general: a visit to Fushimi Momoyama</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 03 Aug 2013 14:10:42 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Fushimi Momoyama no Misasagi]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Toyotomi Hideyoshi]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[On the evening of Sept. 13, 1912, a cart decorated in gold leaf and lacquer and solemnly hauled by a team of oxen left the Imperial Palace in Tokyo along with a phalanx of people carrying banners, torches and weapons and beating drums and gongs. After midnight, a special train left Tokyo Station bound for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Temples, dragon boats and fireworks in Chinese Nagasaki</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 22 Jun 2013 15:06:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alon Adika</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Chinese community]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Japan travel]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[There was a time when the journey from East China to Nagasaki was a long and treacherous one across an unpredictable sea. Once a ship entered the verdant hill-sheltered bay that led to the city, the passengers thanked the gods for their safe arrival. After anchoring in the harbor, a procession accompanied by drums and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Yagyu: Nara&#8217;s hidden village of the shoguns&#8217; sword masters</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 04 May 2013 15:00:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alon Adika</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[katana]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Shinkage Ryu]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Yagyu Munetoshi]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Legend has it that while roaming the wooded hills around his village one day, Yagyu Munetoshi encountered a tengu &#8212; a mythical creature, part human and part bird, adept at swordplay. Munetoshi was renowned for his fencing skills and relished the opportunity to duel with such a foe. When he sensed a weakness in his [...]]]></description>
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		<title>On the trail of treasures at Toji Temple</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Jul 2012 00:00:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The man unfurled the scroll and hung it on the wall of the makeshift tent to reveal a majestic mountain soaring to the heights in bold black brush strokes. It was a scene showing nature in all its grandeur dwarfing a lone human figure halfway up the mountain. I spent a few moments losing myself [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Nosing around Nada, the nation&#8217;s sake-brewing mecca</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Jan 2012 00:01:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Chewing and spitting out rice, unseemly as it sounds, is a key step in making kuchikami (literally, &#8220;mouth-chew&#8221;) sake, an early form of the now world-famous drink. Fortunately, the brew has come a long way since then. As production methods evolved and improved, one part of Japan was destined to become its mecca of high-quality [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Setting a course for pirate isles in the Seto Inland Sea</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 09 Oct 2011 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A Portuguese Jesuit named Padre Louis Frois, who was one of the first Europeans to write extensively about Japan, described Murakami Takeyoshi as the most powerful pirate in Japan and a man feared by all. The Murakami clan dominated the Inland Sea for more than 200 years from late in the 14th century. Alongside their [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Taking in Tomonoura&#8217;s many delights</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 24 Jul 2011 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alon Adika</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;The most beautiful scenic view in Japan,&#8221; was how the woman in the temple in Tomonoura translated it when I asked her the meaning of some calligraphy carved into a wooden sign mounted on the wall. And as views go it was so pleasing that I sat in silence on the tatami mats for a [...]]]></description>
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