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Cash Handout in Japan
on Apr 7, 2009 in Kyufukin payment government language japan 定額給付金The application form arrived from Tokyo.After we complete the applications, return them to the government, and the payments are processed, my family will be 44,000 yen ($440) richer.20,000 for my wife, who is Japanese. 12,000 for for m...
Cherry Blossoms, Kyoto Botanical Gardens
on Apr 6, 2009 in Cherry Blossom kyoto Hanami 京都植物園の花見A pleasant feature of living in Kyoto is the city-sponsored "light ups" that take place several times a year at various sites. These events mainly occur in the spring and fall.As another way of luring tourists to and within th...
Arudou Debito, and Sour Strawberries
on Apr 3, 2009 in arudou debito sour strawberries 有道出人 サワー・ストロベリーズ～知られざる日本の外国人労働者Arudou Debito is an American-born Caucasian Japanese citizen, an associate professor at a university in Hokkaido, and a well-known activist working for an en...
Kanamara Festival 2009
on Mar 31, 2009 in Kawasaki kanamara Festival The annual phallic Kanamara festival is taking place this Sunday April 5 in Kawasaki, outside Tokyo.The festival dates from the Edo Period when Kawasaki's ladies of the pleasure quarters instituted this celebration of the phallus both to encourage tr...
Asahi Flame Asakusa - Golden Turd
on Mar 25, 2009 in Beer Tokyo 金のうんちOne of Tokyo's most recognizable buildings is the Asahi Beer Hall on the east bank of the Sumida River opposite Asakusa. Designed by French architect Philippe Starck, the golden flame is supposedly beer foam rising from the beer mug-sh...
Tokyo Central Post Office Building
on Mar 23, 2009 in Tokyo Post Office The Tokyo Central Post Office Building near Tokyo Station in the Marunouchi district of Tokyo has been granted a reprieve from demolition.The ugly 1930s building, designed by Tetsuro Yoshida, was due to be redeveloped and a new 38-story tower rise in...
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