The Windstar Talks – Grand Japan, April 14-24, 2018 

These lectures were given by Ross Arnold in Spring 2018 on Windstar Cruise’s yacht, the Star Legend, as we sailed around the islands of Japan.

China vs. Japan

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Religions of Japan

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Japanese Art and Architecture

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Emperors and Shoguns: A Brief History of Japan

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Samurai and the Code of Bushido

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A Brief History of Korea and the Korean Conflict

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Birth of the Atomic Age: Hiroshima and Nagasaki

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Opium Wars and the Boxer Rebellion

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Islands of Tranquility: Japanese Gardens

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The Pacific War

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