Tuesday, July 6, 2010

Tale of Mejji



I couldn't resist to do another post about the Mejji temple that we visited today. Emperor Mejji is credited with bringing Japan into the modern age. Under his reign, about 150 years ago, he coined the phrase"Japanese spirit and western knowledge". The goal was to preserve customs and traditions while learningfrom the advanced expertise of western civilizations.

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