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January 29, 2005
doll
another photo from the flea market
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mind the GAP
photo from a flea-market last Sunday
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soap
Cow brand beauty soap. Could need some PR work for export . . .
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January 27, 2005
North Korea's webpage
North Korea has a webpage!
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human beans
Japanese beans get chatty
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game reset
"About 15 percent of elementary and junior high school students in Nagasaki Prefecture believe dead people can be resurrected, according to a recent poll by the prefectural board of education."
. . . from an article in the Japan Times
because they play computer games apparently! but note the caveat at the end of the article.
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January 22, 2005
spot the heron!
A photo from a trip to Ise this New Years. There's a heron in there somewhere . . .
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January 21, 2005
London
London "the most diverse city ever".
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January 16, 2005
Listening
Love Psychedelico - Perfect Japanese Pop
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January 11, 2005
new Japan Times article
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January 10, 2005
listening
Love - Chie Ayado
crazy Osaka jazz singer
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slippers
This is from a 'gagaku' performance in Nagoya bus station. . . Where else?
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mikan throwing festival
Here's one image from a brief mikan throwing (!) festival we caught in Ise. (he's only throwing nuts in this photo, the mikans were to follow)
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January 05, 2005
ice-cream
We spent a couple of days at a hotel near Ise this New Year's. Excellent lobster, mussels and clams . . . . but seaweed ice-cream?
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