Sidewalk Grub

Commode-Love, Earth Movements, and More

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July 19th 2008
We have, like many travelers to Japan before us, fallen in love with our toilet. It keeps us warm. It washes us. It greets us when we enter the room by raising its seat. It even has a nightlight that goes on automatically when you stumble in through the dark at 2am. The Japanese think of everything. They should rule the world. I hope they invade us again. Soon. Andy has returned. This is ... read more

Asia » Japan » Tokyo

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In 1603, a Tokugawa shogunate (military dictatorship) ushered in a long period of isolation from foreign influence in order to secure its power. For 250 years this policy enabled Japan to enjoy stability and a flowering of its indigenous culture. Fol... ... read more