December 29th, 2007 — 2:32am
We Japanese is a book commissioned by the Fujiya Hotel to describe all the customs and traditions of Japan in one handy guide for tourists. We stayed at this hotel on our trip and I had seen the current version of the book on display in the lobby but been unable to buy it because the gift store wasn’t open and we had to leave.
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December 12th, 2007 — 1:07am
There are restaurant signs, and there are restaurant signs. In Korea, a popular advertising technique is to use the animal you’re serving to endorse, well, itself on the menu.
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December 5th, 2007 — 2:31am
I went a little crazy at the sight of these pop-up Christmas cards at the Tokyo Hands in Shinjuku
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