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Tag Archives: Japanese Customs
More Trash Talk
You can tell a lot about a culture from how it disposes of waste. Especially in a place like Japan which is so fastidious where garbage is concerned. Apparently, you can also tell a lot about a person by what … Continue reading
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Tagged cool Japan, garbage, Japanese Customs, multigeneration houses, Tokyo, trash cans
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Recycling Tokyo-style
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Tagged cool Japan, COOL TOKYO, Japanese Customs, Japanese product design, recycling, trash
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New Year’s Apples
I meant to post about these apples in January but, alas, I did not. Better late than never, right? Intended as gifts, each apple is tenderly cradled in its own styrofoam net and adorned with “2013” and a kind of … Continue reading
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Tagged apples, COOL TOKYO, Food, Japanese Customs, Japanese gift giving, New Years 2013
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Bike Parking
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Tagged Architecture, Food, Higashi-Kurume, Japanese bicycles, Japanese Customs, Mozart, opera, Tokyo, Tokyo train stations
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