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"Focus!
Schmuck!!!"
Bellowed
out
from
the
backish
rows
of
a
movie
theater
in
Scarsdale,
NY,
by
an
older
woman,
directed
at
the
sloppy
projectionist.
I
catch
this
popping
into
my
head
at
times
of
great
fecklessness.
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Informed
sources
tell
me
she
is
Geiko
Fukuhina
of
Miyagawa
Cho.
p.s.
this
player
gripping
the
Asahi
oozed
pimp
(in
a
good
way).
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Welcome
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9/11
Political
Sidebar
As
an
American
abroad
and
citizen
of
the
world,
I'd
like
to
thank
those
of
you
who
opted
not
to
burn
the
Quran
(Koran/Qu'rahn
sp?!??)
this
past
weekend.
Appreciated.
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Election
Update:
Anybody
foolish
enough
to
be
doing
this
in
a
typhoon
is
probably
not
smart
enough
to
be
running
my
country.
(
((
(O
.
o)
))
)
(plus,
I'm
entranced
by
the
frozen
glaze
of
that
Happiness
Party
okusan.)
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Wonder
what
them
girls
is
talking
about...
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An
excited
reader
writes:
STILLLLLLL
the
best, by
far
!!
Glad
you
keep
it
going.
Should
be
a
book
one
day--in
paper,
too!
There
is
more
in
your
site
than
in
all
the
others.
More
of
the
real
feeling
of
the
place. The
pictures
are
worth
a
thousand
words.........hell,
even
the
words
are
worth
a
few
hundred!
Your
only
real
competition
remains
the
girls
on
uniqlock.......but
you
can
co-exist
with
the
divine.....
IHope
your
stuff
appears
sometime
in
book
form.
I'd
buy
it.
Wouldn't
mind
more
pics--and
text--in
the
meantime.
Best
wishes
for
more............Ang
Angus:
Thanks
for
the
letters
(they
will
make
it
onto
the
Reader
Love
Mail
page
soon)
and
the
enthusiastic
support...Great!
I
didn't
want
to
be
the
first
to
say
it,
but
I
also
think
japandemic
would
make
an
excellent
book.
At
the
very
least,
folks
who
don't
have
a
laptop
could
still
read
it
in
the
john,
for
example.
$mart
publisher$
$eeking
ready-built
audience
only
need
apply.
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Buddha...walk
with
us.
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faceless...nameless
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me
rove
the
peking
duck
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Geiko
Fukuhina
and
Maiko
Fukuho
of
Miyagawa
Cho.
Gion
Matsuri
2010
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looking
good
baby
doll...
friends
helping
friends
with
some
on-the-spot
hair
repair.
(must
have
portaged
that
big
can
of
spray
in
from
the
suburbs
up
a
yukata
sleeve
or
something.)
Gion
Matsuri
2010
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(^
.
^)
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I
don't
want
to
trade
too
many
more
hours
for
dollars.
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Whale
meat...it's
what's
for
dinner.
Here
presented
as
sashimi
of
fine
slices
of
meat
alternated
with
those
of
fatty
blubber.
Friends
tell
me
this
is
delicious,
btw.
(Platter
comes
with
2
free
passes
to
weekday
matinee
screening
of
The
Cove.)
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The
Picture
Menu:
not
just
for
foreigners.
An
older
Japanese
couple
scrutinizes
the
night's
offerings...having
already
opted
out
of
the
Whale
Platter.
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I
have
eaten
whale
meat
once.
It
was
served
as
tatsutaage
(cubed,
marinated
in
shoyu
&
deep fried)
as
the
main
dish
at
an
elementary
school
lunch.
Taste
was
mediocre,
like
some
semi-tender
game
meat.
Felt
it
was
a
waste
of
a
beautiful
animal
to
make
fried
meat
chunks
for
9-year
olds.
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(x
.
x)
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I
bet
if
it
weren't
for
that
big
bike
these
guys
would
have
blended
in
nicely.
Gion
Matsuri,
Shijo.
2010
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...and
there
will
be
a
test.
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me
chop
the
peking
duck...
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he
kept
saying
things
like
"I'm
so
tired
because
I'm
making
a
movie."
"I
have
to
go
meet
people
because
I'm
making
a
movie."
"I
can't
do
anything
right
now
because
I'm
making
a
movie."
So,
I
don't
know,
I
guess
he's
making
a
movie.
Gambatte!
がんばって！
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Out,
damn'd
spot!
out,
I
say!
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Open
and
unsolicited
letter
to
Nikon:
WTF
were
you
people
thinking
discontinuing
this
camera!?
This
split-swivel
series
is
a
zenith
of
technological
achievement.
Throw
in
a
few
more
megapix
for
the
punters
and
Sales,
enlarge
the
LCD
screen
and
get
the
next
Rev.
to
market
already!
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beautiful
free
photo
cards
for
occasions:
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f
'em
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Well
after
the
Apocalypse
this
fcking
Panasonic
combination
oven
will
still
be
beeping.
(Any
of
you
that
have
any
sort
of
Japanese
kitchen
appliance
will
know
exactly
what
I
mean.)
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J-girl
party
chix
Gion
Matsuri
2010
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doyou
no
ushi
no
hi
don't
neglect
to
eat
your
eel!
...to
replenish
your
stamina
sapped
in
the
brutal
swelter
of
the
6
months
of
Japanese
summer.
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pray
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Part
of
an
exercise
in
teaching
a
task,
step-by-step,
in
English.
A
student
from
Osaka
lays
out
takoyaki,
octopus
chunk
dumplings
translated
as
(tee-hee)
Octopus
Balls.
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Phone
number
mnemonic
device,
Japanese
style.
(Japanese
for,
like,
1-800-EAT-SHIT)
1
4
reads
ii
yo,
meaning
good.
6
4
8
=
mu
shi
ba,
meaning
cavities.
0
=
ze
ro,
meaning
zero.
This
is
an
ad
w/
phone
number
for
a
dentist
who
feels
it's
good
to
have
no
cavities!
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wait
in
vain
in
the
rain
for
the
train...once
again.
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the
amazing
suck
of
contemporary
public-space
design.
a
mall
food
court
in
suburban
kyoto,
japan.
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I've
been
sitting
here,
trying
to
find
myself,
I
get
behind
myself,
I
need
to
rewind
myself.
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fellow
readers:
if
you
like
this
site
please
spread
the
word
like
human
manure
over
an
Edo
Period
rice
field.
thanks.
doumo
arigatou
gozaimashita.
posting
a
link
to
this
site
also
much
appreciated
and
good
karma
for
you.
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wt
f-ng
f!?
this
is
no
good.
ph:
salariman
briefcase
door/flippd
I
used
the
Flip
command
cuz
I
needed
to
turn
this
guy
around
and
see
his
face.
He
had
a
great
surly
late-for-an-ass-chewing
look
you
just
had
to
see.
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hurry
up!
door's
closing!
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my
dinner.
sashimi
/
tempura
/
soba
course.
about
$15USD
at
the
place
w/
picture
menu
&
whale
meat
platter...just
off
the
mall
atrium
of
despair
pictured
above.
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Life
imitating
Art.
make
a
wish.
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