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		<title>Chicken Strips Bento</title>
		<link>http://bloglinkjapan.com/japan/en/105256/chicken-strips-bento/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Sep 2010 23:52:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Now that I have to cook seven days a week instead of two, I find that I’m not wasting nearly as much food as I used to, which is quite strange. I had been dreading this nightly task of dinner-making because we had been going to Grandma J’s house for dinner for like six years, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Eikan-dō? Yokan-dō?&#8230; In Zenren-ji, we all can do!</title>
		<link>http://bloglinkjapan.com/japan/en/105140/eikan-do-yokan-do-in-zenren-ji-we-all-can-do/</link>
		<comments>http://bloglinkjapan.com/japan/en/105140/eikan-do-yokan-do-in-zenren-ji-we-all-can-do/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Sep 2010 14:39:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[31st October, 2006 &#8211; As you walk down the Philosopher&#8217;s Path, you will come across Eikan-dō on the left, across the canal. This temple was dedicated to a monk by the name of Eikan (1033 – 1111 AD) &#8211; actually his name was Yokan Risshi, famous for his evangelistic Amidism (a form of Buddhism). The temple was [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Elegant Nezu Museum garden</title>
		<link>http://bloglinkjapan.com/japan/en/104004/elegant-nezu-museum-garden/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 19 Sep 2010 00:05:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Nezu Museum and its gorgeous Japanese garden are a just short walk from the Nishi Azabu Juban wildness, the Kakuremino bar, and lush sidewalk garden. Many people come to the newly rebuilt Nezu Museum for its exquisite collection of pre-modern art, or the new building designed by Kuma Kengo. I am a huge fan [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hōnen-in &#8211; Inhale&#8230;Pause&#8230;Exhale&#8230;Smile</title>
		<link>http://bloglinkjapan.com/japan/en/103597/honen-in-inhale-pause-exhale-smile/</link>
		<comments>http://bloglinkjapan.com/japan/en/103597/honen-in-inhale-pause-exhale-smile/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Sep 2010 13:51:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[31st October, 2006 - Not far south of Ginkakuji, is the well-worn walking track known as the  Philosopher’s Path (Tetsugaku no Michi)&#8230; the subject of my next post. However, on that path are a number small temples that are well worth popping into. The first of these, and one that was quite a surprise was Hōnen-in. Sanmon [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lush sidewalk garden in Nishi Azabu Juban</title>
		<link>http://bloglinkjapan.com/japan/en/103152/lush-sidewalk-garden-in-nishi-azabu-juban/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Sep 2010 00:02:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This incredibly narrow garden in Nishi Azabu Juban is overflowing with plants. I love it. Most people would think there’s no room for a garden, but someone was determined to live with greenery. Technically this narrow street does not even have a sidewalk, just a narrow space between road and home. I love the many [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ginkakuji Pt2 &#8211; By the Light of the Silvery Moon&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://bloglinkjapan.com/japan/en/101244/ginkakuji-pt2-by-the-light-of-the-silvery-moon/</link>
		<comments>http://bloglinkjapan.com/japan/en/101244/ginkakuji-pt2-by-the-light-of-the-silvery-moon/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Sep 2010 15:09:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[31st October, 2006 - I mentioned before that Ginkaku-ji was one of my favourite temples in part 1, but not for the pavilion or the ponds of the lower section. It&#8217;s interesting that the highly formalised stroll and dry gardens of the lower zone are what captivates many of the visitors to Ginkakuji; yet relatively [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ginkakuji Pt 1 &#8211; The Silver Pavilion on the Silver Sands</title>
		<link>http://bloglinkjapan.com/japan/en/100830/ginkakuji-pt-1-the-silver-pavilion-on-the-silver-sands/</link>
		<comments>http://bloglinkjapan.com/japan/en/100830/ginkakuji-pt-1-the-silver-pavilion-on-the-silver-sands/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Sep 2010 13:50:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[31st October, 2006 - We&#039;ve come to one of my personal highlights of our trip to Kyōto&#8230; Ginkakuji&#8230; The Silver Pavilion. Now, I&#8217;m sure when you look at the photo above of the aforementioned pavilion you may be thinking &#8220;what the&#8230;!&#8221; This? A highlight? Well, I have to admit the pavilion itself is not that much [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Elaborate sidewalk garden includes plant labels and stools</title>
		<link>http://bloglinkjapan.com/japan/en/99536/elaborate-sidewalk-garden-includes-plant-labels-and-stools/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Sep 2010 00:12:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This Shinjuku ni-chome sidewalk garden is exceptional in its size, care, and labeling. The gardener lives in a former shop in an old building on what is now a busy entertainment district. From the sidewalk, you can see what appears to be merchandise, t-shirts and a few dress shirts, in the front room open to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Early fall color despite heat still on full blast</title>
		<link>http://bloglinkjapan.com/japan/en/99149/early-fall-color-despite-heat-still-on-full-blast/</link>
		<comments>http://bloglinkjapan.com/japan/en/99149/early-fall-color-despite-heat-still-on-full-blast/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Sep 2010 02:36:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It’s been Tokyo’s hottest summer on record. While officially summer is over, it’s still 35 celsius during the day and not much cooler at night. That’s why I was so surprised to see this red maple leaf at the Nezu Museum garden last Thursday. This sign of fall seems a cruel joke.]]></description>
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		<title>Tomioka Hachimangu Shrine</title>
		<link>http://bloglinkjapan.com/japan/en/99060/tomioka-hachimangu-shrine/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Sep 2010 21:30:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the same vicinity as the Kiyosumi Teien Garden (in my last blog post), you will find the Tomioka Hachimangu Shrine, founded in 1627, a shinto shrine dedicated to the kami (god) Hachiman. There is a small Japanese garden and pond to one side of the shrine area with a few red torii gates. This [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Kokoen &#8211; Don&#8217;t Play Koi With Me&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://bloglinkjapan.com/japan/en/98924/kokoen-dont-play-koi-with-me/</link>
		<comments>http://bloglinkjapan.com/japan/en/98924/kokoen-dont-play-koi-with-me/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Sep 2010 14:35:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[30th October, 2006 - After walking around Himeji-jo, we still had a few hours left in the day. I had wanted to see Engyoji (one of the famous temples that lies up in the mountains around Himeji&#8230; and also one of the film locations for &#34;Last Samurai&#34;&#8230;). Alas, we found ourselves having to conserve our [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Kiyosumi Teien Garden</title>
		<link>http://bloglinkjapan.com/japan/en/98238/kiyosumi-teien-garden/</link>
		<comments>http://bloglinkjapan.com/japan/en/98238/kiyosumi-teien-garden/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Sep 2010 17:36:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Located in Tokyo’s Koto ward, the Kiyosumi Teien Garden is a Japanese style garden set out in the sukiya style (a pond inhabited by birds and with three small islands). Near the garden entrance is the Taisho Kinenkan, a memorial hall of Emperor Taisho, which played a part in the funeral of the Emperor Taisho. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Balcony garden update</title>
		<link>http://bloglinkjapan.com/japan/en/97030/balcony-garden-update/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Aug 2010 05:15:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I took this photo a month ago, and our balcony garden is now even more lush. It’s amazing how much incredible heat and daily watering can increase bio-mass! It’s amazing what you can fit in a sunny narrow space. I have six mini-watermelons ripening on the railing and green net, three Saipan lemons, two types [...]]]></description>
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		<title>One year’s seeding is seven years weeding</title>
		<link>http://bloglinkjapan.com/japan/en/99983/one-year%e2%80%99s-seeding-is-seven-years-weeding/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Aug 2010 06:33:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[No different to last year Littering the garden floor, millions of tiny grass seeds lay as ticking time bombs. They are waiting for typhoons and a second rainy season. I am waiting with my hoe and spade; more so, in want of a good idea on how best to tackle the job. One of those [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Kaza Hana: Amazing garden shop/cafe/bar in Aoyama</title>
		<link>http://bloglinkjapan.com/japan/en/95573/kaza-hana-amazing-garden-shopcafebar-in-aoyama/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Aug 2010 05:27:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Leaving a meeting recently, I walked through some back streets of Aoyama, and came across this amazing sidewalk garden. The contrast between the potted plant garden and the slick glass building was intriguing. The aesthetics, density and plant selection made me realize quickly that this was not an amateur garden. Inside this amazing vertical forest [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Park signage: hand-drawn and printed</title>
		<link>http://bloglinkjapan.com/japan/en/95285/park-signage-hand-drawn-and-printed/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Aug 2010 03:42:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Thanks to the 30 people who participated in the Tokyo DIY Gardening workshop last night at 3331 Arts Chiyoda. We created an enormous collage map and shared interesting stories and images of Tokyo’s wonderful green spaces, existing and imagined. A big thanks to Chris Berthelsen for conceiving, preparing and motivating this participatory project. We’ll digitize [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Neglected garden</title>
		<link>http://bloglinkjapan.com/japan/en/97587/neglected-garden/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Aug 2010 06:02:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Some herbs at the start of last month I’ve hardly watered the garden this year. The summer has been very dry and very hot. It looks set to be long too. This year’s summer vegetables have finished. All that seems to be doing well are the weeds. What herbs that go to seed have done [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dense and mature sidewalk garden in Chiyoda</title>
		<link>http://bloglinkjapan.com/japan/en/94101/dense-and-mature-sidewalk-garden-in-chiyoda/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Aug 2010 00:06:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Walking at night in Chiyoda after a meeting at 3331 Arts Chiyoda, Chris and I found an amazingly dense and mature sidewalk garden that seems to be tended by a sushi restaurant. The plants are amazingly dense and mature, creating a green wall between the sidewalk and the large boulevard in front of the restaurant. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sidewalk bitter melons in two buckets and plastic twine</title>
		<link>http://bloglinkjapan.com/japan/en/92901/sidewalk-bitter-melons-in-two-buckets-and-plastic-twine/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Aug 2010 01:45:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I first saw these vines a month ago on a nearby sidewalk. They are growing in plastic buckets with an elaborate plastic twine trellis supported by a tree branch. Initially I misidentified them as morning glory. Recently, I saw how tall and thick the vines had become, and that they are in fact bitter melon, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A detailed view of Korakuen</title>
		<link>http://bloglinkjapan.com/japan/en/91171/a-detailed-view-of-korakuen/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Aug 2010 13:08:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Korakuen in Okayama City is one of the three top ranked gardens in Japan.Before posting some shots of the garden, I thought I would show some of the details that attracted my eye. If you like koi, more posts here.I also posted some shots of lotus blossoms from Korakuen earlier.I posted a sequence of red [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Empty lots are abundant and under-used</title>
		<link>http://bloglinkjapan.com/japan/en/90988/empty-lots-are-abundant-and-under-used/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Aug 2010 00:05:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tokyo is full of empty lots that mark the time between demolition and building. Sometimes they stay empty for more than a year. Most are turned into automated parking lots, some so small they only provide space for a single car. Some in busier neighborhoods get covered in gravel and host crepe shops in a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Freezer full of sweet corn</title>
		<link>http://bloglinkjapan.com/japan/en/91923/freezer-full-of-sweet-corn/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Aug 2010 11:51:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sweetcorn in the freezer From upon my perch, I espied a good many crows circling the sweet corn. Perhaps unbeknown to them, worms burrowing away have already started to dine. Bustling in on the love triangle, beetles also threaten. I decided to grab the lot. Without shucking the ears, a few dozen were crammed into [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Nature-themed restaurants with beautiful landscapes</title>
		<link>http://bloglinkjapan.com/japan/en/89492/nature-themed-restaurants-with-beautiful-landscapes/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Aug 2010 00:08:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[These two restaurants, Shizen in Sendagaya and Green House near Omotesando, make interesting use of narrow, vertical, and roof landscapes to express their connection with nature. I like how Shizen, above, uses the narrow space between buildings to grow tall bamboo that rises taller than the building. They have a roof garden, and have painted [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Garden report</title>
		<link>http://bloglinkjapan.com/japan/en/88866/garden-report/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 31 Jul 2010 05:05:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The garden takes a lot of my time. I am usually always behind schedule, but this year the weather was behind schedule so I was actually caught up. June is mostly spent weeding in preparation for the rainy season. Now Im doin a lot of hand watering&#8230; carrying watering cans 150 meters&#8230; and of course [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tomato heaven</title>
		<link>http://bloglinkjapan.com/japan/en/91900/tomato-heaven/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Jul 2010 01:48:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[アイコ (aiko) tomatoes This year by far, has been the best for tomatoes. They were looking good before, since then, quite perfect. Only about six feet away, the father-in-law’s specially feed vines have started to shrivel. One in the corner started to yellow, soon after the rest like dominoes. Hopefully, there is enough space between [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tiny garden door leads to mini-forest in Harajuku</title>
		<link>http://bloglinkjapan.com/japan/en/85857/tiny-garden-door-leads-to-mini-forest-in-harajuku/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Jul 2010 00:05:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I was startled by this tiny garden door, not much taller than the bike’s handlebar. It’s amazing that in Harajuku there are still some old houses with their lush gardens. Most have been torn down and converted into multi-family buildings with minimal green space. While the wall prevents a full view, the small forest rising [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tokyo Beer Paradise 2010</title>
		<link>http://bloglinkjapan.com/japan/en/82865/tokyo-beer-paradise-2010/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 11 Jul 2010 14:18:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[To celebrate the 200th anniversary of Munich’s famous beer festival, an Oktoberfest style beer festival called Tokyo Beer Paradise was held in Roppongi Hills Arena from June 11-20, 2010.  For some reason, Oktoberfest events are held around June in Japan – though you would probably agree, these events are good anytime of the year! Music [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Watermelon grows vertically on balcony</title>
		<link>http://bloglinkjapan.com/japan/en/82913/watermelon-grows-vertically-on-balcony/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 11 Jul 2010 03:22:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[balcony]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cooling]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fruit]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[garden]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[leaf]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[ripe]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[vine]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[My watermelon plant has produced an enormous amount of growth in just two months on the balcony. It was very easy to train the vines onto the metal rod balcony. Now there are two fruits the size of oranges. I love the shape of the leaves, and am looking forward to having a watermelon party [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Flowering vine against power lines</title>
		<link>http://bloglinkjapan.com/japan/en/82489/flowering-vine-against-power-lines/</link>
		<comments>http://bloglinkjapan.com/japan/en/82489/flowering-vine-against-power-lines/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Jul 2010 00:05:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Unknown]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[exuberant]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Flowers & Buildings]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[garden]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[line]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[orange]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[power]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[public space]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Residences]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[small streets]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[vine]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[This exuberant, orange flowered vine seems to launch itself off the side of a small two story residence. I love the contrast of the vine with the equally excessive, overhead power lines. The vine is part of the amazing multi-family residential building that is entirely covered in plants, which I included as part of a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Kabocha peekaboo</title>
		<link>http://bloglinkjapan.com/japan/en/82128/kabocha-peekaboo/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Jul 2010 03:24:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Unknown]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[garden]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[kabocha]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tomatoes]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Kabocha Amongst the sea of grasses a couple of kabocha have plumped up nicely. They look to be somewhere in the expected 500 g to 800 g range. Not sure when will be the best time to harvest them. The skin should be darker anyway. Tomatoes are good. Following a deluge the larger ones tend [...]]]></description>
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