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Kyoto Station Christmas Tree

Now; these people are looking at the Christmas tree in Kyoto station. It's a big one, and I haven't given you a picture of it because you know what it's doing - it does that flashing-on-and-off thing that Christmas trees do. This one plays Wham and Mariah Carey "All I Want for Christmas is You" as well. But you'd think this lot had never seen one before. They're fascinated by it. Couples, mostly, not many children. Japan isn't a Christian country so I wonder if this is still a little new for them. I couln't help it, I came over all sorry for them and wanted to get a bunch of presents and take them all home with me:"Look, here, this is how we do it- here: this is for [i]you[/i], and this is for [i]you[/i]..."
Whisky - Indigo - Sword

December 20th 2008
I know there's an odd-one out in that title, as 'Sword' isn't in the phonetic alphabet (should be Sierra). I'll explain why it's there down below. Another thing always interested me about the Japanese was their capacity for improving something, or practising something to perfection, regardless of how long it takes (or whether what they're doing is even commerc ... read more
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Japanese Flag 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
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