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Ship Rat
Kuro digging into shrimp/meat clumps hand picked from our cup ramens.
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Precarious
You never know what you may find strapped haphazardly to overloaded big rigs on the Kobe expressway. This was fairly scary, but even scarier was the truck in front of…
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Set-tripping and the Art of Parts Procurement
Mondays. I fucking hate Mondays. I am muttering this weekly mantra as I walk into a meeting with a problematic vendor yesterday morning. After greetings, bowing, and the compulsory 30…
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Korea Blocks Blog Access
Hot from the inbox: Fellow blogger, I am sending this message to the bloggers on my blogroll (and a few other folks) in the hopes that some of you will…
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Nail Factory Kana
My cousin Kana opened a nail salon behind Tenri station.
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Crane-assisted hedge trimming
Made me late for work. Grrrrr.
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Flotilla
The Awaji Armada.
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de_cbble headshank
Ridding society of guns does not rid it of violence. Man is a killer. Remember that the Japanese were not pacifists until they got nuked and occupied into submission. An…
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Gun Control in Japan
There is a very interesting article regarding gun control in Japan up at GunCite. It’s a fascinating outline including the history of guns in Japan (did you know at one…
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Beef Bowl: The Game
When the ban on American beef imports rang the death knell for gyu-don (beef bowl), the most popular dish served at beloved fast food chain/icon of Japanese culture Yoshinoya, I…
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He lives!
Kevin reminded me in the comments that I left everybody hanging. Well, the kitten made it through the night. Sorry for the crappy photo, I’m not used to the new…
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To the 5 Boroughs
This new Beasties album sounds really great playing softly in the background right now – the beats are funky and I can’t hear the lyrics. As far as I’m concerned…
