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Hi I’m Kiyoshi a Cross-Cultural Specialist Travel Consultant and your Japanese connection. For more than 30 years I have escorted Australians in groups and individually to Japan, either for business…

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Japan’s Hidden Moral Code

July 18, 2018
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Kiyoshi Matsumoto

Bushido was an unwritten moral code of conduct for the samurai, and today it still strongly influences Japanese thought and society. The precise content of the Bushido code varied historically…

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Japan’s most heroic samurai

May 16, 2018
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Kiyoshi Matsumoto

Changing history without needless bloodshed Today Sakamoto Ryoma (1835-1867) is regarded as the most heroic samurai in history and a founding father of Japan’s modern age. He devoted his life…

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Who was the last Samurai

April 26, 2018
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Kiyoshi Matsumoto

A story of self-sacrifice A leader of Japan’s 19th Century drive to modernize, and at the same time a defender of its ancient samurai values, Saigo Takamori’s dramatic last stand…

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