The Oedo international market at the Tokyo Kokusai Forum. The S.O. and I went out all the days of this weekend riding somewhere on the train. On Saturday she went up to a shrine sale-while I went up to Yokohama. I walked around Landmark tower, through the shops, out around
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The four letter word………
[while looking at a picture of Stifler’s mom] MILF Guy #2: Dude that chick’s a MILF! I will confess I thought about that term when I saw this video on Japan Probe: Joshiko-moms-jpnprbedotcomUploaded by jpnvideos Earlier this week, Let’s Go to School aired the “I Wore My Daughter’s Uniform
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Interesting, that this happens right after Stars and Stripes runs an article where the powers that be congratulate themselves on how the curfews have worked. TOKYO, Japan (CNN) — A U.S. Marine based on Okinawa has been detained in connection with the reported rape of a 14-year-old Japanese girl, the
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Even if Obama were to become President ( something I doubt)-there is already a town named after him. You can get there on JR!
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And no, that is not a reference to the the item referred to in the previous post! However, here in Japan, there has been a big scandal about Chinese produced gyoza(Fried Dumpling) that as it turns out. Seems initially 10 people became sick after eating the product, produced in Tenshin China-and
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Our trip to Tokyo was not just seeing the Emperor and spending money I don’t have. We also went to the Meji Shrine to say our New Years intentions. Believe me, this year among all others- I need that! After a nice little sleep in and a big breakfast at
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Or Skippy meets the Emperor. Not really meet-more like shuffle with the herd of 80,000 Nihonjin to stand in front of the palace and wave a flag. Probably if I were to actually meet the Emperor, diplomatic relations between the US and Japan would be set back 80 years. Anyway.
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Akemashite omdetou gozaimasu! (Congratulations for the NewYear!) Kotoshi mo, dozo yoroshiku onegai itashimasu! (In this year too…….please favor me!) Just back from our Tokyo expedition…pix to follow.
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All in all a pretty good day today. I had the day off which is always nice, the S.O. took a break from cleaning long enough to do some retail therapy, and I worked out for a good 45 minutes on the treadmill-IPOD playing- channeling my thoughts and anger into
Continue readingClosing in on New Years………..
And not liking it very much. The S.O. has been on a cleaning binge, one such that I’ve not seen in recent memory. I just retreat to my computer and hide-every year I forget this little ritual. Mostly likely she realizes there is a 50-50 chance that my standard of
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