Filed under: Asia, Japan, Big in JapanModern Japan may be an über peaceful place of happy shiny people, but it certainly wasn't always like this...On the contrary, medieval Japan was at times a conflict-stricken land of warring clans and... ...full story at Gadling
from Gadling on Fri, Nov 21 2008
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