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Hotel Bar at Rihga Royal Osaka
Leach bar! @Rihga Royal Hotel
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Robot Slide at Robo Koen, Tenri City
Coolest slide ever.
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Shamisen vs. Turntable
This is the coolest video I’ve linked to since Keltech’s Star Wars performance. Background: LiveJam 2005 was a concert produced by NHK that aired on Coming of Age Day (now observed on the second Monday in January every year. Prior to 2000 was Jan. 15.) this year. Without further ado: DJ Kentaro vs. Shinichi “King of Shamisen” Kinoshita If somebody has information on an official CD/DVD release, please drop me a line. (via)
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Fried Hamo
“hamo”
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Hamo Nabe
“hamo”
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Hamo Sushi
“hamo”
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Ugly Hamo
“hamo”
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Swimming Hamo
“hamo”
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Conversational Patterns
There’s an old lady who lives a few houses down from us. I usually see her when I return home from work or go out for a walk. In the five years we have known her, she has been known to talk only about one thing, the weather. – “Hot today, isn’t it?” – “Sure is cold.” – “Looks like it’s gonna rain.” – Or some small variation of the above. Even when you try to talk to her, she speaks over you about the weather. Once, I asked when Big Garbage day was, and she replied about the hot spell we were having. So I eventually gave up trying…
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500-Pound Recruit
Continuing in the vein of WWII, have you ever heard the story of Voytek? Check it out: The Iranian soldier-bear of Monte Cassino Longtime readers have often heard of my plans to create a Monkey Army when I move to Thailand. I have thought of conscripting water buffaloes and elephants as well, but I never considered bears. One thing I do know is that any bears who joined my army would not be serving as porters – can you say “6-foot, 500-pound HOPLITE?”

























