At the end of the lane, a right turn will bring you to the low entrance of a place where you can learn to make green tea, and to the Edo-period cottage built by a poet in memory of the haiku master Basho, who cherished the area because his teacher once lived here.

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Now, the newly elected Tea Party Congressional members must decide if they will work with the current party leadership, or make life impossible for them and risk driving independents back to the Democrats.

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