On my way from the office yesterday, I found the Japanese opposition leader, Mr Tanigaki, atop a minibus parked outside Shimbashi Station, with microphone in hand and loudspeakers blaring in mid-political speech. He was drawing a larger crowd than the ultra-right wing spruikers, who often park their sound trucks in the same spot and rant and rave at a very high decibel level.
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Wednesday night running
Quick melt
Shibuya in the snow
Snowing in Tokyo
Winter hike to Kawanori-san
Akemashite omedeto gozaimasu
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Hakuba
Ear wax
Yakiniku
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