SHIMANE PREFECTURE GRASSROOTS SUMMIT CULTURAL EXCHANGE RELATIONSHIPS WITH JAPAN AND USA MEMORABLE TRIP OF JULY 2013 MEMORABLE TRIP TO JAPAN July 1-19, 2013

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• National Treasures of Japan
• Matsue
• Shimane
• Lake Shinji
• Izumo Airport
• Izumo-taisha
• Mihonoseki
• Shimane
• Yakumo
• Shimane
• Shimane Prefecture
• Prefectures of Japan
• ChÅ«goku region

TOMB OF THE UNBORN BABIES When I was in Matsue, Japan, my host family, Ichiro and Takiko Yoshino, escorted me to a coastal area and, after a short but wet boat ride, we visited a cave (Kyu-kukedo) that is called the tomb

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• Ksitigarbha
• Buddhism
• Bon Festival
• Asian culture
• Edo period
• Religion
• Buddhism in Japan
• Bodhisattvas
• Buddhism in China

SAMURAI WARRIORS (EDO PERIOD) My trips to Japan in recent years, as part of the cultural exchange sponsored by the Center for International Exchange in Tokyo, have increased my interest in samurai and the influence the s

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• Asia
• Samurai
• Wakizashi
• Bushido
• Meiji Restoration
• Hagakure
• Daishō
• Samurai cinema
• Japan
• Codes of conduct
• Warrior code

THE TSUNAMI AND THE RECOVERY When I registered for the 2013 Grassroots Summit in Shimane Prefecture, Japan, I also registered for the post-summit trip to Sendai. This city is in Miyagi Prefecture, where I had visited in

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• Natural disasters
• Geography of Japan
• Nuclear energy in Japan
• Sendai
• Tōhoku region
• Tsunami
• Operation Tomodachi
• USNS Matthew Perry
• 869 Sanriku earthquake and tsunami
• Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami
• Earthquakes in Japan
• Management

MEETING MANJIRO ENTHUSIASTS IN KOCHI Sometimes things just work out perfectly!! My trip to Japan in July 2013 was mainly planned to participate in the Shimane Prefecture Grassroots Summit sponsored by the John Manjiro Wh

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• Manjiro
• Geography of India
• Meiji Restoration
• Nakahama Manjirō
• Kochi

YOKOHAMA: EXPLORING COMMODORE PERRY’S PORT OF CHOICE While I was making plans to attend the Grassroots Summit in Shimane Prefecture, Japan, I received an email message from Mr. Koichi Imazu, a friend of mine since my 2

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• Yokohama
• Perry family
• Matthew C. Perry
• Sankei-en
• Haneda Airport
• Black Ships
• Asia
• Edo period
• Meiji Restoration
• Japan

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• Japanese culture
• Yukata
• Russian passport
• Kimono
• Passport
• Soviet Union passport
• Clothing
• Dresses
• Japanese clothing

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