North- and South Korea negotiate in the Blue Pavilion of Panmunjeom, a military settlement in the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) between these countries.
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Located in the Yeonhwa area of the Sobaek Mountains, the Guinsa Temple of Salvation and Goodness is the headquarters of the Cheontae school of Korean Buddhism.
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On May 26, 2023, Buddha's birthday was celebrated this year. We participated in the 2016 parades and festivities in Andong, South Korea.
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The Red Torii of Itsukushima Shrine in front of Miyajima Island in Hiroshima Prefecture is world famous. You can walk out to it at low tide, and ships pass through the torii at high tide to reach the Shinto monastery of Itsukushima Shrine.
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Dolmens can be found all over Korea, and in Gochang Province, you can learn about the types at the Gochang Dolmen Museum.
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The second atomic bomb dropped by the Americans over Japan was nicknamed Fat Man and when it was dropped on August 9, 1945 in Nagasaki, it killed 36,000 people immediately and countless later, who ultimately died as a result of the radioactivity.
Nagasaki was chosen by the Americans because, in addition to its economic importance, the location of the city and its surrounding mountain slopes promised the maximum destructive effect of the dropped atomic bomb.
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Originally an insignificant fishing village, Nagasaki experienced a sustained boom with the arrival of the Portuguese in the mid-16th century. This is considered to be the first contact between Europeans and Japanese ever. The missionary F. Xavier founded the basis for the Jesuit missionary work there and soon Christian churches and nursing homes were established. This went hand-in-hand with the growing prosperity of the small town, which did not go unnoticed by the mighty of Japan, and thus not without consequences for the peaceful community of Nagasaki.
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Less known is the prehistoric Mesoamerican La Venta culture of the Olmecs, which reached its peak as early as 1200 to around 400 BC.
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We saw and photographed South American coatis (Nasua nasua) in Villahermosa. Their species belongs to the family of small bears.
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While preparing for our trip to Japan in 2015, Karin discovered an article about Naoshima, the small art island in the Seto Inland Sea.
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