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Japan needs your Help
As all of you may know by now, Japan is still not out of the woods. This country is facing one of the most difficult challenges in modern history. More than 6,700 has confirmed dead and another 10,000 missing and counting. First was 9.0 Quake then Huge unimaginable Tsunamis, Quake a... Read more ...
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Nagoya Castle
Nagoya is the 4th largest city in Japan. There is a big castle which has a long history, now it is the good place for sightseeing. Nagoya Castle was constructed on the orders of Ieyasu TOKUGAWA in order to secure an important position on the Tokaido highway. Construction was ... Read more ...
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Became a free walking tour guide for Imperial...
Today, I have become a guide for free walking tour guide for Imperial Palace in Tokyo. Though I am not a professional guide but I speak English so I joined the volunteer activity. It was nice. Today I and other two guides started the tour from Tokyo Station. There were 10 people gath... Read more ...
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Delusions, Illusions
Reading lots, between my inter-library loaned crime novels -- finished Tana French's The Likeness last week, am reading PD James' new Dalgleish novel, The Private Patient , now, and have Reginald Hill's The Price of Butcher's Meat to read afterwards -- and the arrival of the Wall St... Read more ...
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Japanese washlet
Namaste from cloudy Tokyo! I assume that those of you who are reading this article have been to Japan already. Have you seen washlet (how can i translate this, well, electrical bidet ?toilet and bidet in one?) ? If so, haven't you ever thought about bringing 'washlet' to your country? I hear tha... Read more ...
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Deborah's Sketchbook: The Japan of Long Ago
Click on the pictures to enlarge them. ______________________________________________________________________________________________ Master-san and Sato-san before their yakitori-shop ____________________________________________________________ One snowy night I was cold, hungr... Read more ...
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Shogun Nakata
Shogun Nakata - The Shogun of all Japan. He is ruthlessly ambitious and will stop at nothing to reach his goals, even doing things that are considered dishonourable and against the strict Bushido Code of the Samurai. The Japanese have long been on the “losing” side of the China-Japan war, wi... Read more ...
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Sakuro Hachi
Sakuro Hachi – The older brother of Saphora. He is a reclusive genius, with several degrees, including a medical degree and an engineering degree. His mind is partly cracked, but his sister and his mother are both able to deal with this and help him when he needs it. Read more ...
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Saphora Hachi
Saphora Hachi – A powerful Samurai and general of Shogun Nakata's armies, she is one of only a handful of women Samurai ever to attain such high rank. Her skill with the Katana is second to none and becomes greatly enhanced after her training and surgery at the Elite School on Enceladus. She ... Read more ...
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Wasp
Wasp – A Samurai fighter craft. It is agile and fast, although this is at the expense of heavy weaponry. These ships were designed in response to the Chinese Zen ships, for the exclusive use of the Samurai. Read more ...