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		<title>Super Mario World in Push Pins</title>
		<link>http://bloglinkjapan.com/japan/en/88459/super-mario-world-in-push-pins/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Jul 2010 01:00:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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		<title>Police Fail</title>
		<link>http://bloglinkjapan.com/japan/en/88441/police-fail/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Jul 2010 23:00:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>My Own show</title>
		<link>http://bloglinkjapan.com/japan/en/88402/my-own-show/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Jul 2010 19:36:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[My Own Show is an online musical collaboration series bringing together music, online entertainment and interaction into one show, following the life of Scott Yoshimoto and his friends ACKUS (Alex Bretana), CK (Casey Nishizu), and Carissa (Carissa Rae) as they encounter other individuals pursuing their own dreams and talents, musical elements of song and dance, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Ancient Rite Of Chinowa Kuguri (passing through an upright circle of straw at certain shrines) Explained!</title>
		<link>http://bloglinkjapan.com/japan/en/88217/the-ancient-rite-of-chinowa-kuguri-passing-through-an-upright-circle-of-straw-at-certain-shrines-explained/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Jul 2010 06:29:10 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[alientimes]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Life In Tsukuba]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A straw ring (chi-no-wa) set up for tomorrow`s rites ( July 30th) at the Hie Shrine in Tanaka, Tsukuba Has Japan`s summer heat got you beat ( though today IS quite cool, for a change)? Have you got a dose of NATSU-BATEH, the term the Japanese use to describe the lethargy brought on by this season`s Amazon-basin-like [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tokyo-DIY-gardening project launches!</title>
		<link>http://bloglinkjapan.com/japan/en/88366/tokyo-diy-gardening-project-launches/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Jul 2010 00:05:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Chris Berthelsen]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I am super-excited to let everyone know that in partnership with the amazing Chris Berthelsen of Fixes, we have launched a new project called Tokyo-DIY-gardening. There is a website where we hope others will contribute. You can follow our Twitter  hash tag #tokyoDIYgardening. And, if you are in Tokyo, please come to our interactive workshop [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dan the Man</title>
		<link>http://bloglinkjapan.com/japan/en/88059/dan-the-man/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Jul 2010 19:00:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>The Biographical Dictionary of Notable Figures with Hilarious Names</title>
		<link>http://bloglinkjapan.com/japan/en/87718/the-biographical-dictionary-of-notable-figures-with-hilarious-names/</link>
		<comments>http://bloglinkjapan.com/japan/en/87718/the-biographical-dictionary-of-notable-figures-with-hilarious-names/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Jul 2010 03:02:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Swiss linguist Ferdinand de Saussure once said language is a structured system of arbitrary signs. In other words, your name, when read out loud, could coincidentally mean something outrageous in one of the thousands of human languages. Who knows, your last name could mean “moron” in an Amazon tribe’s language. The Biographical Dictionary of Notable [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Strange performance and installation combines washing machine, tree and city streets</title>
		<link>http://bloglinkjapan.com/japan/en/87859/strange-performance-and-installation-combines-washing-machine-tree-and-city-streets/</link>
		<comments>http://bloglinkjapan.com/japan/en/87859/strange-performance-and-installation-combines-washing-machine-tree-and-city-streets/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Jul 2010 00:08:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I mentioned earlier the cool new art space called 3331 Arts Chiyoda that has been created in a closed junior high school. One of the fun installations was this classroom with a tree growing in a washing machine, and a video projection showing this unlikely pair being pushed around the neighborhood. Somehow combining these basic [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mobile Fusion Wars – West Coast Review</title>
		<link>http://bloglinkjapan.com/japan/en/87619/mobile-fusion-wars-%e2%80%93-west-coast-review/</link>
		<comments>http://bloglinkjapan.com/japan/en/87619/mobile-fusion-wars-%e2%80%93-west-coast-review/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Jul 2010 16:45:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A year and a half later after the introduction of Kogi Korean BBQ to the Los Angeles area, it appears the Asian Fusion mobile food truck street craze is here to stay. Ranging from combinations as Korean-Mexican, Japanese-Mexican, Indian-Mexican, Japanese-Peruvian and Vietnamese-Mexican the traditional taco trucks have come a long way. Expect ridiculously long lines [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Town creates art in rice paddies for economic revival</title>
		<link>http://bloglinkjapan.com/japan/en/87603/town-creates-art-in-rice-paddies-for-economic-revival/</link>
		<comments>http://bloglinkjapan.com/japan/en/87603/town-creates-art-in-rice-paddies-for-economic-revival/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Jul 2010 14:20:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The New York Times ran a great story about how a small town in northern Japan named Inakadate has been creating art works using colored rice as a way to attract tourists and revive a struggling economy. Creating this living art work has brought the community together and draws up to 170,000 visitors to this [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Valley Girl Contest</title>
		<link>http://bloglinkjapan.com/japan/en/87443/valley-girl-contest/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Jul 2010 01:14:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[via Kottke]]></description>
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		<title>Kiriko – Sculpture sur Verre</title>
		<link>http://bloglinkjapan.com/japan/en/87334/kiriko-%e2%80%93-sculpture-sur-verre/</link>
		<comments>http://bloglinkjapan.com/japan/en/87334/kiriko-%e2%80%93-sculpture-sur-verre/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Jul 2010 22:45:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Durant la période Edo, l’artisan japonais appelé « Kyubei Kagaya » a commencé la gravure sur verre avec de la poudre d’émeri, fasciné par les magnifiques verres en provenance d’Europe. Il est dit que ce fut l’origine d’Edo Kiriko. Contrairement au Satsuma Kiriko qui ont était plus comme produit industriel sous le patronage du clan Satsuma, les [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The People I’ve slept With</title>
		<link>http://bloglinkjapan.com/japan/en/87280/the-people-i%e2%80%99ve-slept-with/</link>
		<comments>http://bloglinkjapan.com/japan/en/87280/the-people-i%e2%80%99ve-slept-with/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Jul 2010 15:20:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[“’A slut is just a woman with the morals of a man.’ And so begins the story of Angela (Karin Anna Cheung), a woman with a heightened sexual appetite who suddenly finds herself pregnant with five possible candidates for the father.  With the help of her ridiculous but well- intentioned best friend, Gabriel (Wilson Cruz), [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bonsai blush</title>
		<link>http://bloglinkjapan.com/japan/en/87121/bonsai-blush/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Jul 2010 06:00:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Tokyo Times]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Despite the red seeming somewhat unseasonal, this sensationally-shaped bonsai is still an absolute delight to behold. And yet rather sadly, having spoke to one of the men managing this one and many others, it seems that who exactly started it, or even saw it through its first century, is totally and utterly unknown.]]></description>
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		<title>Whats The Deal With All This Eating Of Eel (UNAGI)- A More Comprehensive Look at Japan`s DOYO NO USHI (土用の丑) -again</title>
		<link>http://bloglinkjapan.com/japan/en/87084/whats-the-deal-with-all-this-eating-of-eel-unagi-a-more-comprehensive-look-at-japans-doyo-no-ushi-%e5%9c%9f%e7%94%a8%e3%81%ae%e4%b8%91-again/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Jul 2010 03:47:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today, July 26,2010 is Doyo No Ushi, a day on which it has become customary to eat UNAGI ( eel) Each summer in Japan, usually in mid or late July, you will find that department stores and COMBINIs (convenience stores) have set up special displays and  counters for promoting and selling  ready- to- eat, steamed and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Time for Japan to internationalize?</title>
		<link>http://bloglinkjapan.com/japan/en/87071/time-for-japan-to-internationalize/</link>
		<comments>http://bloglinkjapan.com/japan/en/87071/time-for-japan-to-internationalize/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Jul 2010 02:34:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Of the two ‘lost-decades’ that Japan has experienced since the bursting of its economic bubble, there have been few economic success stories. Sure, new products from the likes of Sony or Toyota have been big hits, but since 19911 new and original companies have been few and far between. One of those few, however is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Eel economics: Why unagi is so popular (and expensive)</title>
		<link>http://bloglinkjapan.com/japan/en/87046/eel-economics-why-unagi-is-so-popular-and-expensive/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Jul 2010 01:24:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[On the &#8220;hot day of the ox&#8221; Japanese traditionally eat eel, and often pay a lot of money to do so. Why eel? Glad you asked.]]></description>
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		<title>Ultraman Drinks by Dydo</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Jul 2010 01:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Are you an UltraMan fan? Then this is for you. When I was looking for more Smoking Weightlifter pictures, I found this: UltraMan Cola Personally, I don&#8217;t think UltraMan is as cool as the Tomica Rescue Force series, but I know that some people will never give up on the classics. Why? A quick survey [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lightning ! Hide Your Bellybuttons! (Thunder and Lightning in Japanese Culture)- again</title>
		<link>http://bloglinkjapan.com/japan/en/86934/lightning-hide-your-bellybuttons-thunder-and-lightning-in-japanese-culture-again/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 25 Jul 2010 13:32:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[We just had a terrific thunderstorm here in Tsukuba. For those of us celebrating the Gion Matsuri Festival in the neighborhood of Konda (金田), and probably for those at the various other local Gion Matsuris in this area, the storm was not only notable for the intensity of its rainfall, its strong winds or its [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Nº 62 &#124; Paper Cranes</title>
		<link>http://bloglinkjapan.com/japan/en/86829/n%c2%ba-62-paper-cranes/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 25 Jul 2010 00:49:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[After leaving the small charming village of Kurashiki, the city of Hiroshima impresses most by its history. Folding paper cranes to be left hanging in the trees around the memorial for Sadako, the young girl who hoped to be cured from radiation after the atomic bomb was dropped on august 6, 1945. Believed in Japan [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Morning glory green curtain in front of 3331 Arts Chiyoda</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 24 Jul 2010 07:20:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[3331 Arts Chiyoda is a cool art space recently created by the Chiyoda ward government. They converted an old junior high school into exhibition galleries, art studios, and creative industry offices. In addition to a beautiful remodel of the unused school building, the ward also refurbished a small park at the entrance. Katsuhiko Hibino created [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Yang Yang</title>
		<link>http://bloglinkjapan.com/japan/en/86530/yang-yang/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Jul 2010 15:09:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[“Though Yang Yang’s Eurasian appearance is envied and admired, she finds her mixed ethnicity a source of confusion and insecurity. Her difference constantly reminds her that she has meets the French father from whose looks she has inherited. Her father’s absence causes Yang Yang to crave for love and to feel obliged to fulfill other [...]]]></description>
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		<title>To (be able to) squat, or not to squat</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Jul 2010 08:00:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It could well be because of a lifetime of having to squat when squeezing one out, although thankfully that’s mostly avoidable now due to the welcome abundance of western bogs. Or there again, maybe squatting is as compulsory as kanji in education. But either way, the ability to ‘sit’ in that position for a prolonged [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Closer Examination Of My Local Yasaka Jinja (Yasaka Shrine) Reveals Beautiful Carvings Detailing The Yamato Orochi Myth</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Jul 2010 05:56:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yasaka Shrine ( Tenno-Sama, to the locals) in Tsukuba`s Konda neighborhood Like so many other neighborhoods across Japan in July, Konda, in Tsukuba City ( where I live) holds a summer festival ( NATSU MATSURI). Unlike Japan`s  spring and autumn festivals which are usually agriculture related and traditionally carried out with the aim of helping to ensure ( with divine assistance)  good harvests, summer festivals have been held in the belief [...]]]></description>
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		<title>It’s all in the details</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Jul 2010 03:53:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[One of the fascinations about Japan for me is the meticulous precision and detail that exists throughout their culture, from everyday products to their hospitality and services. Expect to be greeted humbly, with a twist of sophistication, when you enter a department store or hotel, beautifully packaged products that somehow create a whole new experience [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Katsushika Yamamoto-tei Teahouse &amp; Shibamata</title>
		<link>http://bloglinkjapan.com/japan/en/86338/katsushika-yamamoto-tei-teahouse-shibamata/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Jul 2010 02:24:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Shibamata is another of the hidden joys of Tokyo, a place where history stands still – or at least the locals try their best to carefully cultivate this sensation. It’s the hometown of the lovable tramp Kuruma Torajiro (actor Kiyoshi Atsumi), who featured in what was once the world’s longest running film series: Otoko wa [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The JET Program is an abject failure; therefore, Japan needs the JET Program more than ever</title>
		<link>http://bloglinkjapan.com/japan/en/86129/the-jet-program-is-an-abject-failure-therefore-japan-needs-the-jet-program-more-than-ever/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Jul 2010 12:03:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I realize I am somewhat late to this, but there’s been a flare-up of interest in “saving the JET Program” ever since the new government’s budget review panel apparently requested the internal affairs ministry to reform the program. It’s been hard for me to figure out exactly what is going on, but judging from reading through [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pulsations (7.22.10)</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Jul 2010 11:34:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here are the latest Pulsations, links to fresh stories and visuals about Japan, shout-outs to fellow bloggers, and highly clickable stuff that we think you might enjoy. In no particular order, they are . . . How dare he dislike my gadget! (from Durf.org): Digging a little deeper in Hayao Miyazaki’s views of iPads. Love [...]]]></description>
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		<title>iPhones become ice-breakers at gokon dating parties</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Jul 2010 05:55:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[iPhone apps like &#34;Shuffle de Gokon&#34; are helping singles make connections &#8211; this will mix up your seating arrangements. After an initial dormancy, the iPhone has boomed in Japan over the past two years and attracted hordes of app developers. Japan Pulse has previously reported on iPhone apps for car sharing, moms and moms-to-be, streaming [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Summertime and the livin’ is easy in Akita</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Jul 2010 05:33:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hi everyone! Summer has finally arrived up here in Akita and that is just fine with me. We had a bit of delayed spring as I mentioned in one of my previous blogs. The lingering winter just wouldn’t let go! But now the rainy season is just about over, the Agisai (hydrangeas) are all in [...]]]></description>
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