March 13, 2005

Vicious Puppy Dog Wearing Kimono in Higashi Tokyo

In my last post, I said that I would post more plum blossom pictures. But I didn't want you to lose all respect for me, so here is a picture straight from the mean, gritty streets of Tokyo. The...
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March 11, 2005

An Ethical and Proper Greeting in Japan

I wrote this a couple of days ago and then decided not to post it to the blog. But my wife and her friend got such a kick out of it that I decided to go ahead and share it....
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October 06, 2004

Beautiful Bits, Weird Pieces & Cute Kids

Here are some shots of kids at the zoo. I'm still working through shots that I took when we all went to Ueno a couple of weeks ago, and some of my favorites are yet to come. The girl...
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September 27, 2004

Japanese Curry Rangers and a Weird Guy in Red

The yellow suited men in my previous post are the "Curry Rangers." I think they're a group of university students looking for extra cash. It would be scary if it were more than that... There were five of them...
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May 04, 2004

"Squeezable" Japanese Toy

We went to the supermarket yesterday and found this interesting toy. As the advertising says, it's squeezable. We didn't buy one. I don't know if I'd really want one of these suddenly appearing at the wrong moment. Perhaps you...
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