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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 May 2013 11:39:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Sex Change Hippo</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 18 May 2013 12:04:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I love to go out cycling at night. And now that the weather has warmed up, this year&#8217;s season has begun. It&#8217;s a superb way to discover new and remarkable things in Tokyo. Sometimes on these night rides I go where whim takes me. Other times I may be on my way to or from [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=japangasm.wordpress.com&#038;blog=9670576&#038;post=6091&#038;subd=japangasm&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Big Man Pipes!</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 12:52:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The &#8220;Big Man&#8221; building, splendidly arranged with a beautifully organized array of pipes. Filed under: design, japan, neatness Tagged: buildings, japan, pipes + tubes<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=japangasm.wordpress.com&#038;blog=9670576&#038;post=6077&#038;subd=japangasm&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>No Men? No!</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 May 2013 13:03:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[So firstly, it doesn&#8217;t really mean the road is closed for men. Secondly, what would that mean anyway? That men are not allowed to use the road? Or that the road is closed because there are men (as in &#8220;closed for renovation&#8221;)? Unfortunately, such speculation is unnecessary &#8211; the actual meaning of the sign is [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=japangasm.wordpress.com&#038;blog=9670576&#038;post=6071&#038;subd=japangasm&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Just Don&#8217;t Go There&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 May 2013 11:50:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A typical old but vividly expressive sign as commonly seen in Japan. These old signs always seem to be one-offs, and I&#8217;m speculating they were handpainted back in the day, before mass-reproduction of standardized signs became the norm. More to come in future posts. This one hangs, fading and rusting, on the opposite side of [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=japangasm.wordpress.com&#038;blog=9670576&#038;post=6064&#038;subd=japangasm&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Bicycle of Light</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 May 2013 16:19:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s the cycling equivalent of Dekotora! Spotting it on the street this evening outside a supermarket, I immediately grabbed my camera, took some shots, and waited. Proudly owned by an old man smartly dressed in a tailored jacket and hat, he gave me an enthusiastic guided tour of the vehicle, pointing out the various features [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=japangasm.wordpress.com&#038;blog=9670576&#038;post=6036&#038;subd=japangasm&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Is This the Most Beautiful Grave in Japan?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 May 2013 13:26:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Honoring time and ancestors, without religion I&#8217;ve never before known a country where people honor their ancestors on such an ongoing basis as Japan. For a country whose population in general have no strong religious beliefs (although participating in an eclectic variety of religion-originated customs, traditions and rituals) this might seem somewhat surprising, but in [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=japangasm.wordpress.com&#038;blog=9670576&#038;post=6020&#038;subd=japangasm&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Meet! Together! Happy!</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 05 May 2013 10:48:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JapanGasm</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Free packets of tissues are handed out at all the big stations in Tokyo. Today&#8217;s were particularly cool. &#8220;Meet! Together! Happy!&#8221; How could anyone argue with Minko-chan and Minta-kun? Filed under: design, japan, kawaii, products Tagged: advertising, animals, characters, happy, packaging<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=japangasm.wordpress.com&#038;blog=9670576&#038;post=6011&#038;subd=japangasm&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Epic Exploration #03: 77 Station Stamp Pilgrimmage</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 05 May 2013 01:00:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The background It was an unusual occurrence &#8211; a delay on the Yamanote Line. The reason for the delay? Being a windy day, a plastic bag had blown on to the track and had to be cleared. Such is the dedication to cleanliness in Tokyo. Anyhow, it turned out to be a very fortunate delay. [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=japangasm.wordpress.com&#038;blog=9670576&#038;post=5979&#038;subd=japangasm&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>No Ticket? No Problem.</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 May 2013 18:44:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JapanGasm</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[So this is what will happen in the UK if your train ticket is lost, incorrect or you haven&#8217;t yet purchased one for your journey: 1. you will immediately find yourself on the receiving end of comments laden with disdain, suspicion and accusations. 2. the staff will attempt to detain you and usually will condescendingly [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=japangasm.wordpress.com&#038;blog=9670576&#038;post=5928&#038;subd=japangasm&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Green Peace</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Apr 2013 10:33:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Peace. Green Peace. This is an advertisement. For travel to a beautiful part of countryside Japan? For freedom and escape? For a summer activity? For a film? No. It&#8217;s an ad for beer. Far from the usual themes used to promote beer in other countries &#8211; parties, sports, sexiness, entertainment, refreshment from hot activities, nights [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=japangasm.wordpress.com&#038;blog=9670576&#038;post=5920&#038;subd=japangasm&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Angry Caterpillars!</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Apr 2013 16:11:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Filed under: design, japan, kawaii Tagged: animals, japan, signs<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=japangasm.wordpress.com&#038;blog=9670576&#038;post=5913&#038;subd=japangasm&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Panda Girls</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Apr 2013 04:34:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[So I walk through the ticket gates, and there in front of me is a girl standing in front of a local map getting directions. Like most girls in Japan, she&#8217;s slim and pretty. Like most girls in Japan, she has a distinct sense of fashion. But something&#8217;s strange &#8211; she has the head of [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=japangasm.wordpress.com&#038;blog=9670576&#038;post=5908&#038;subd=japangasm&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Tokyo Spooky</title>
		<link>http://japangasm.wordpress.com/2013/04/26/tokyo-spooky/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Apr 2013 12:16:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JapanGasm</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Emerging from the station late one night and waiting to cross the road, I was confronted with an eerily ghoulish sight. Across the road, in the glow of the streetlamps, a giant skull-like bush, grinning menacingly straight back at me. Now this is a spot I&#8217;ve passed by possibly hundreds of times over the years, [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=japangasm.wordpress.com&#038;blog=9670576&#038;post=5890&#038;subd=japangasm&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Green Button No. 2087487</title>
		<link>http://japangasm.wordpress.com/2013/04/18/green-button-no-2087487/</link>
		<comments>http://japangasm.wordpress.com/2013/04/18/green-button-no-2087487/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Apr 2013 12:32:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JapanGasm</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[design]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[technology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[3D]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[electronics]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[It was in a radio recording studio. A standalone green button. No. 2087487. I thought it was very cool. Click on the 3D version below&#8230; 3D viewing instructions here. Filed under: design, japan, technology Tagged: 3D, electronics, japan<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=japangasm.wordpress.com&#038;blog=9670576&#038;post=5877&#038;subd=japangasm&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Sakura Dogs and Sakura Bunnies</title>
		<link>http://japangasm.wordpress.com/2013/04/15/sakura-dogs-and-sakura-bunnies/</link>
		<comments>http://japangasm.wordpress.com/2013/04/15/sakura-dogs-and-sakura-bunnies/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Apr 2013 13:04:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JapanGasm</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[events]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[cherry blossom]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[tokyo]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Springtime is sakura (cherry blossom) time, and not only do people love to take photos of the trees but it&#8217;s also a perfect opportunity to bring out the pets, dress them up and take some happy portraits to preserve for posterity. Fido Craves Attention Humiliating as one imagines it must be for the animals, many [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=japangasm.wordpress.com&#038;blog=9670576&#038;post=5861&#038;subd=japangasm&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Colourful Elephant</title>
		<link>http://japangasm.wordpress.com/2013/04/15/the-colourful-elephant/</link>
		<comments>http://japangasm.wordpress.com/2013/04/15/the-colourful-elephant/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Apr 2013 11:22:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JapanGasm</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[design]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://japangasm.wordpress.com/?p=5848</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Move over Jeff Koons &#8211; it&#8217;s &#8220;Zou-san&#8221; (Mr.Elephant)! Great flower sculptures appear every year, and this cute elephant in Ueno Park is no exception. Click on the 3D version below for a sense of being there&#8230; 3D viewing instructions here. Filed under: design, japan, kawaii Tagged: 3D, animals, japan<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=japangasm.wordpress.com&#038;blog=9670576&#038;post=5848&#038;subd=japangasm&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>How to Sleep in a Small Space</title>
		<link>http://japangasm.wordpress.com/2013/04/10/how-to-sleep-in-a-small-space/</link>
		<comments>http://japangasm.wordpress.com/2013/04/10/how-to-sleep-in-a-small-space/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Apr 2013 23:04:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JapanGasm</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[everyday]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[transport]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sleep]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://japangasm.wordpress.com/?p=5258</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Filed under: everyday, japan, transport Tagged: japan, sleep<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=japangasm.wordpress.com&#038;blog=9670576&#038;post=5258&#038;subd=japangasm&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Meat is Milk!</title>
		<link>http://japangasm.wordpress.com/2013/04/09/meat-is-milk/</link>
		<comments>http://japangasm.wordpress.com/2013/04/09/meat-is-milk/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Apr 2013 12:41:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JapanGasm</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[japan]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[food]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[packaging]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://japangasm.wordpress.com/?p=5252</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[&#160; A bewildering concept. It conjures up images of eating a chicken omelette, or honeyed bees. Filed under: japan, products Tagged: food, japan, packaging<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=japangasm.wordpress.com&#038;blog=9670576&#038;post=5252&#038;subd=japangasm&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Pipe Frenzy!</title>
		<link>http://japangasm.wordpress.com/2012/09/15/pipe-frenzy/</link>
		<comments>http://japangasm.wordpress.com/2012/09/15/pipe-frenzy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 15 Sep 2012 05:09:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JapanGasm</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[design]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[A stunning and hilariously complex arrangement on an old water heating tank, spotted at night near Mejiro, Tokyo. Filed under: design, everyday, japan, neatness Tagged: japan, pipes + tubes<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=japangasm.wordpress.com&#038;blog=9670576&#038;post=5244&#038;subd=japangasm&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Channels of Concrete Part 1: Highways</title>
		<link>http://japangasm.wordpress.com/2012/08/09/channels-of-concrete-part-1-highways/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Aug 2012 06:12:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JapanGasm</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[construction]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Far from creating an ugly &#8220;concrete jungle&#8221; like many other cities in the world, I find the use of concrete here in some of Tokyo&#8217;s engineering projects simply awe-inspiring. Like these at Ikebukuro, there&#8217;s a startling, powerful elegance to the curves of the junctions and highways, which to me appear most beautiful at dusk, silhouetted [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=japangasm.wordpress.com&#038;blog=9670576&#038;post=5229&#038;subd=japangasm&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Soup Man</title>
		<link>http://japangasm.wordpress.com/2012/08/09/soup-man/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Aug 2012 16:07:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JapanGasm</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://japangasm.wordpress.com/?p=5224</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Filed under: design, everyday, japan Tagged: fashion, japan<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=japangasm.wordpress.com&#038;blog=9670576&#038;post=5224&#038;subd=japangasm&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Animal Cafes &#8211; the photos!</title>
		<link>http://japangasm.wordpress.com/2012/07/04/animal-cafes-the-photos/</link>
		<comments>http://japangasm.wordpress.com/2012/07/04/animal-cafes-the-photos/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Jul 2012 13:37:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JapanGasm</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Following my recent post about animal cafes, some more images to help set the scene&#8230; Cats line up as they realize food is being handed out by a cafe customer. Crowds on a busy day at a Tokyo Cat Cafe The notice board shows profiles of all the resident cats as one enters a Cat [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=japangasm.wordpress.com&#038;blog=9670576&#038;post=5136&#038;subd=japangasm&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>All You Ever Wanted to Know About&#8230; Animal Cafes!</title>
		<link>http://japangasm.wordpress.com/2012/07/04/all-you-ever-wanted-to-know-about-animal-cafes/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Jul 2012 08:57:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JapanGasm</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Animal Cafes &#8211; 20 Questions &#160; Q1: What is the place in this photo? The place is called &#8220;Ra.a.g.f.&#8221;, an acronym for &#8220;rabbit and grow fat&#8221;. &#160; Q2: What does that mean? Difficult to say, it&#8217;s an example of incomprehensible &#8220;engrish&#8221;. But actually, it doesn&#8217;t really matter. &#160; Q3: What is Ra.a.g.f? It&#8217;s a rabbit [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=japangasm.wordpress.com&#038;blog=9670576&#038;post=4993&#038;subd=japangasm&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Big Squeeze</title>
		<link>http://japangasm.wordpress.com/2012/06/16/the-big-squeeze/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 16 Jun 2012 13:41:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JapanGasm</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Notice anything unusual about this rather cool modern-looking house? I certainly didn&#8217;t, until I took a look at it from the opposite side: Phenomenally thin and angled into an almost unbelievably narrow wedge, it&#8217;s a typical example of the way Japanese architects manage to squeeze every last drop of use out of limited spaces. See [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=japangasm.wordpress.com&#038;blog=9670576&#038;post=5050&#038;subd=japangasm&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Eat My Dreams!</title>
		<link>http://japangasm.wordpress.com/2012/06/04/eat-my-dreams/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 03 Jun 2012 18:00:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JapanGasm</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[What&#8217;s the best way to get rid of bad dreams and nightmares? Eat them. There&#8217;s one strange and helpful creature known as a &#8220;baku&#8221; in Japanese Shinto mythology that does exactly that: it eats dreams. Traditionally the baku was represented with tigerlike claws, an elephant&#8217;s head and tusks and a cow&#8217;s tail. A bit fearsome. [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=japangasm.wordpress.com&#038;blog=9670576&#038;post=4978&#038;subd=japangasm&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Too Many Tubes!</title>
		<link>http://japangasm.wordpress.com/2012/06/04/too-many-tubes/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 03 Jun 2012 15:33:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JapanGasm</dc:creator>
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		<title>Soon Gone Forever</title>
		<link>http://japangasm.wordpress.com/2012/05/31/soon-gone-forever/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 31 May 2012 13:57:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JapanGasm</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is a beautiful building facade. It&#8217;s on Omotesando, a popular upmarket shopping street in central Tokyo. But it won&#8217;t be there for long. Very soon it will be completely obscured from view for the forseeable future. &#160; In Tokyo one of the few constant things is change &#8211; in this case construction of new [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=japangasm.wordpress.com&#038;blog=9670576&#038;post=4964&#038;subd=japangasm&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>An Expensive Error?</title>
		<link>http://japangasm.wordpress.com/2012/05/26/an-expensive-error/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 26 May 2012 09:15:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JapanGasm</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Filed under: everyday, japan Tagged: japan, shops, signs<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=japangasm.wordpress.com&#038;blog=9670576&#038;post=4959&#038;subd=japangasm&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Tokyo Sky Tree: a Definitive Guide (part 7) &#8211; It&#8217;s Rubbish!</title>
		<link>http://japangasm.wordpress.com/2012/05/16/tokyo-sky-tree-a-definitive-guide-part-7-its-rubbish/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2012 13:54:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JapanGasm</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[tokyo sky tree]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[With less than a week remaining until the opening celebrations, Tokyo Sky Tree&#8217;s surroundings are now open for public access. New bus stops are open, pedestrian paths are all freshly and clearly marked, information boards and signs are plentiful, plants are in place, bridges have opened over the canal, the fountains are spraying and beautifully [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=japangasm.wordpress.com&#038;blog=9670576&#038;post=4880&#038;subd=japangasm&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>A Good Hard Pull</title>
		<link>http://japangasm.wordpress.com/2012/05/12/a-good-hard-pull/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 12 May 2012 11:53:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JapanGasm</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[japan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[quirky]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cars + bikes + trucks]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Bizarre but ingenious &#8211; absolutely superb resistance training. Filed under: japan, quirky Tagged: cars + bikes + trucks, japan<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=japangasm.wordpress.com&#038;blog=9670576&#038;post=4873&#038;subd=japangasm&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>We Dig Pink</title>
		<link>http://japangasm.wordpress.com/2012/05/10/we-dig-pink/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 May 2012 12:23:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JapanGasm</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[construction]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[On a recent walk I came upon a construction site where the previous building was being demolished. Following on from the safari themed diggers in this earlier post, the diggers on this site were painted a lovely pink with white spots. Japanese demolition is the most precise I&#8217;ve ever seen. When a residential house is [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=japangasm.wordpress.com&#038;blog=9670576&#038;post=4859&#038;subd=japangasm&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Toilets &#8211; Knowledge is Bliss!</title>
		<link>http://japangasm.wordpress.com/2012/05/10/toilets-knowledge-is-bliss/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 May 2012 03:17:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JapanGasm</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[make your own!]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[pipes + tubes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[taps + toilets]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Preface I went toilet hunting yesterday. I had a list of public toilets to visit spread across a few kilometers of Tokyo&#8217;s west. At one point I couldn&#8217;t locate a toilet that was meant to be in a particular area so I went to a local police box for help. In Japan police boxes have [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=japangasm.wordpress.com&#038;blog=9670576&#038;post=4829&#038;subd=japangasm&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Textured Buildings &#8211; Cool and Ugly!</title>
		<link>http://japangasm.wordpress.com/2012/05/02/textured-buildings-cool-and-ugly/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 May 2012 08:23:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JapanGasm</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[design]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[everyday]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[buildings]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[concrete]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[&#160; There&#8217;s a very niche style of building decoration in Tokyo which one occasionally encounters during wanderings &#8211; that of extreme texture. These mansion blocks (known as &#8220;apartments&#8221; in Western nations) adhere to a vaguely similar style with their white plaster and blue tiles, which would perhaps be described as &#8220;absolutely abysmal&#8221; by the typical [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=japangasm.wordpress.com&#038;blog=9670576&#038;post=4785&#038;subd=japangasm&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Tokyo Loves Art Exhibitions &#8211; Be Warned!</title>
		<link>http://japangasm.wordpress.com/2012/04/26/tokyo-loves-art-exhibitions-be-warned/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Apr 2012 01:14:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JapanGasm</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There&#8217;s no shortage of big-name art events in Tokyo. Every year the calendar includes numerous travelling exhibitions of works from some of the world&#8217;s most famous museums and private collections featuring a staggering number of iconic paintings which draw in the crowds. And that&#8217;s just the problem. Obviously the costs of staging such exhibitions are [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=japangasm.wordpress.com&#038;blog=9670576&#038;post=4743&#038;subd=japangasm&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Too Many Stairs!</title>
		<link>http://japangasm.wordpress.com/2012/04/25/too-many-stairs/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Apr 2012 11:18:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JapanGasm</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[construction]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[During a bicycle trip around Shikoku I rounded a corner early one morning and witnessed the remarkable sight above. At the rear of a Pachinko building, a phenomenal number of stairs. Far more than necessary but creating a lovely geometric pattern across the entire back side of the structure. Filed under: construction, design, japan, travelling, [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=japangasm.wordpress.com&#038;blog=9670576&#038;post=4728&#038;subd=japangasm&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Sakura IV: A Night Walk in the Graveyard</title>
		<link>http://japangasm.wordpress.com/2012/04/19/sakura-iv-a-night-walk-in-the-graveyard/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Apr 2012 11:22:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JapanGasm</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[After the noise and excitement of hanami celebrations has faded and mellow stragglers have stumbled off to board the last trains of the night home, the parks fall silent. And in these peaceful hours a more rarely seen beauty emerges. After dark, in graveyards and cemeteries of Japan, the interweaving textures of hanging blossoms and [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=japangasm.wordpress.com&#038;blog=9670576&#038;post=4432&#038;subd=japangasm&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Sakura III: The Beauty of Hanami in Tokyo</title>
		<link>http://japangasm.wordpress.com/2012/04/19/sakura-iii-the-beauty-of-hanami-in-tokyo/</link>
		<comments>http://japangasm.wordpress.com/2012/04/19/sakura-iii-the-beauty-of-hanami-in-tokyo/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Apr 2012 19:12:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JapanGasm</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The yearly hanami* celebrations hit their peak in Tokyo last weekend. Millions flocked to the many parks, rivers and other locations where the sakura blossoms are in their highest concentrations. * hanami = &#8220;flower viewing&#8221; The atmosphere was of happy but relaxed excitement with frenetic activity and huge crowds at major viewing spots. Cameras out, [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=japangasm.wordpress.com&#038;blog=9670576&#038;post=4409&#038;subd=japangasm&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Apr 2012 09:31:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Apr 2012 16:14:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Clean Mountains are Good Mountains</title>
		<link>http://japangasm.wordpress.com/2012/04/07/clean-mountains-are-good-mountains/</link>
		<comments>http://japangasm.wordpress.com/2012/04/07/clean-mountains-are-good-mountains/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Apr 2012 11:13:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JapanGasm</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[pointless]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Takao-san (Mt.Takao) is a popular hiking spot just outside Tokyo. One of the few mountains easily accessible for a day trip, there are numerous ways to get to the top. There&#8217;s a cable car (actually just a train pulled by a cable, not your proper suspended cable car) taking incapacitated or lazy folk most of [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=japangasm.wordpress.com&#038;blog=9670576&#038;post=4370&#038;subd=japangasm&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Sakura I: The Wave Before the Wave</title>
		<link>http://japangasm.wordpress.com/2012/04/05/sakura-i-the-wave-before-the-wave/</link>
		<comments>http://japangasm.wordpress.com/2012/04/05/sakura-i-the-wave-before-the-wave/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Apr 2012 15:15:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JapanGasm</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[advertising]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cherry blossom]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://japangasm.wordpress.com/?p=4316</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Every year from late March to mid-May the famous &#8220;Sakura nami&#8221; (&#8220;Cherry-blossom wave&#8221;)*&#160;&#160; sweeps across Japan from south to north. This wave of pink heralds the beginning of spring and is one of the most celebrated events in the social calendar. * sakura = &#8220;cherry-blossom&#8221; Almost the entire population seems to descend on parks and [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=japangasm.wordpress.com&#038;blog=9670576&#038;post=4316&#038;subd=japangasm&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Dekotora &#8211; Decorated Trucks!</title>
		<link>http://japangasm.wordpress.com/2012/03/28/dekotora-decorated-trucks/</link>
		<comments>http://japangasm.wordpress.com/2012/03/28/dekotora-decorated-trucks/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Mar 2012 16:42:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JapanGasm</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[design]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[japan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[transport]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[video]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cars + bikes + trucks]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://japangasm.wordpress.com/?p=4182</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[&#160; 1. Get a truck. 2. Paint incredible airbrush fantasy images all over it. 3. Add as much chrome as you possibly can. 4. Attach a spectacular number of colored globes, LEDs and UV lights. 5. If it&#8217;s not yet beyond comprehension, go back to step 2. &#160; The beast you have created has a [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=japangasm.wordpress.com&#038;blog=9670576&#038;post=4182&#038;subd=japangasm&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Tokyo Sky Tree and Weather</title>
		<link>http://japangasm.wordpress.com/2012/03/24/tokyo-sky-tree-and-weather/</link>
		<comments>http://japangasm.wordpress.com/2012/03/24/tokyo-sky-tree-and-weather/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 24 Mar 2012 13:09:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JapanGasm</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[construction]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[wonder stuff]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[buildings]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[nature]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#160; Perhaps due to it&#8217;s staggering height, Tokyo Sky Tree changes remarkably with the weather. Today some beautiful changes took place over a short period of time. Viewed from Nippori above and below, as the rainclouds began to clear the tower stood protruding through a 300m layer of cloud. &#160; Within an hour and viewed [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=japangasm.wordpress.com&#038;blog=9670576&#038;post=4233&#038;subd=japangasm&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Street Gaming</title>
		<link>http://japangasm.wordpress.com/2012/03/23/street-gaming/</link>
		<comments>http://japangasm.wordpress.com/2012/03/23/street-gaming/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Mar 2012 10:00:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JapanGasm</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[everyday]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[japan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[entertainment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[streets]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://japangasm.wordpress.com/?p=4165</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A Sunday afternoon in Akihabara, gamers on the street. Filed under: everyday, japan Tagged: entertainment, japan, streets<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=japangasm.wordpress.com&#038;blog=9670576&#038;post=4165&#038;subd=japangasm&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Hardly Worth It</title>
		<link>http://japangasm.wordpress.com/2012/03/23/hardly-worth-it/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Mar 2012 09:47:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JapanGasm</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[japan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pointless]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[technology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[steps + stairs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[trains]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[(click to enlarge) Although not quite as extreme as this world-record breaker, a ridiculous 6-step escalator at the Shinkansen (bullet train) entrance of Tokyo Station is nevertheless of questionable value. The thing I find most strange is that many people using it actually bother to stop walking, thus taking longer to use the thing than [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=japangasm.wordpress.com&#038;blog=9670576&#038;post=4161&#038;subd=japangasm&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Fake Wood Water Fountain</title>
		<link>http://japangasm.wordpress.com/2012/03/17/fake-wood-water-fountain/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 17 Mar 2012 11:14:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JapanGasm</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[design]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[japan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[concrete]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fake]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[nature]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[parks + playgrounds]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[taps + toilets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[wood]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[&#160; Japanese playgrounds are filled with incredible and unique concrete things. One quite fascinating area of design is that of water fountains. Here, in a small playground in an older part of Tokyo, we have a cool example of fake wood used in a truly functional way. Click for Google maps location At left, a [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=japangasm.wordpress.com&#038;blog=9670576&#038;post=4143&#038;subd=japangasm&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Whale Food</title>
		<link>http://japangasm.wordpress.com/2012/03/17/whale-food/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 17 Mar 2012 10:04:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JapanGasm</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[design]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[everyday]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[japan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[kawaii]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[advertising]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[animals]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://japangasm.wordpress.com/?p=4134</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Filed under: design, everyday, japan, kawaii Tagged: advertising, animals, japan<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=japangasm.wordpress.com&#038;blog=9670576&#038;post=4134&#038;subd=japangasm&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>No Way Through &#8211; Blocked by Animals!</title>
		<link>http://japangasm.wordpress.com/2012/03/11/no-way-through-blocked-by-animals/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 11 Mar 2012 11:27:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JapanGasm</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[construction]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[everyday]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[kawaii]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[animals]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[maintenance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[streets]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Japan is bursting at the seams with all kinds of animal-themed stuff. Things like this, this and this. But well away from the worlds of advertising, toys and character merchandise, there exists perhaps the strangest and most extreme example of mainstream animal penetration into everyday Japanese life. It&#8217;s seen on roads and streets all over [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=japangasm.wordpress.com&#038;blog=9670576&#038;post=4033&#038;subd=japangasm&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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