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August 31, 2004
"I want to clear my name"
I had an article in the Japan Times today.
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August 30, 2004
Lionheart
Paid a visit to the LDP headquarters today. Found this character prowling around.
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August 27, 2004
No pictures please
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Drummer
The local bon-odori dance festival had some drummers too.
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One (or 10) too many
Shimizu-san's bar again.
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Portrait
A friend from the bar downstairs.
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Article on Japanese Internet
An article I wrote for the Japan Media Review
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MA-SH KAY NADA
New CD! Sergio Mendes & Brasil '66
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August 21, 2004
The most illegible bachelor in town
Listening now: Billy Bragg's best of.
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hyoutan
A photo of the door to the bar downstairs (and me). The bar's called 'hyoutan' - which means 'gourd' I think.
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lunch
This high-school boy on the train must have been really hungry. You almost never see people eating on public transport here.
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August 20, 2004
me
Yoshie took this photo of me in Shimizu-san's bar downstairs.
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August 17, 2004
Fortune teller
A fortune teller under a railway bridge near the press-club. Not much sign of business.
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August 14, 2004
tortoise
Taken on the raised path by the river bank near our house. Sunday afternoon strollers, people on the way back from the golf course opposite, the occasional tortoise!
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USB fans
I saw these in Yurakucho 'Bic Camera'. You plug them into the USB port of your computer.
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August 12, 2004
a broken cherub
Underneath the windmill in Ukima-park
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August 05, 2004
tortoise by the river
someone was taking their tortoise for a walk by the river
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folding fan seller
still hot!
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Gotanda underground station library
Gotanda underground station has a library of books for commuters with time on their hands (!)
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August 04, 2004
Man buys ecstasy tablets thinking they are vitamins
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August 03, 2004
Japan Times (Eating Disorders)
An article I wrote for the Japan Times on rising rates of eating disorders in Japan.
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August 02, 2004
Sushi
Article by Kaori Shoji in the Japan Times on Sushi.
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from the train platform
Here's a colorful photo from my phone. That's a pachinko parlor behind the barrier.
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August 01, 2004
three more photos
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