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Mobile photos
 I have a bunch of photos on my mobile phone and I'd like to share some of my favorites with you guys. Most of them are from last year, but I've got a few fresh ones worth checking out too. Here's the absolute no. 1 of all. Yoshiyuki Manabe, a politician somewhere in the Tokyo area, was running his little campaign last year.. With that confident smile of his, he definitely gets my vote!
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 A friend asked me if I wanted to play Jenga. He won.
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 Foggy day, sitting up in the Tokyo Tower.
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 When I was in a Tennis club (or "circle"), we spent most of our time drinking... This guy had beer to the point where his mind entered a state of seemingly endless creativity; just look at what you can accomplish with only a tie and a pair of chopsticks! Five minutes later he was lying face-down on the floor, snoring.
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 Price tags in a normal Japanese supermarket. They actually put one of these little displays for each and every product!! Well, once they're up, they can change prices wirelessly. Makes the people at home stapling stickers with that big stapler-thing look like neanderthals...
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 Suddenly, I got the urge to bake. I went to the supermarket and bought some flour, yeast and baking paper and went to work. This is the reward after 2 hours of labor. One with ham, one with strawberry jam. Gave some to my people in the dorm, too. Many were surprised our microwave oven had a "normal" oven function as well. What did they expect? It's Japan. Even the toilets come with a user's manual...
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 This is a biscuit originally from Okinawa. I was there last year and the souvenir shops were full of these boxes. The big text says "Chinko Sukou" and the first word ..is the Japanese word for penis.. straight up and down. And the shape of the biscuit is just like on the picture. Great. I saw kids eating these, like it's completely normal. Sure, tastes like a normal cracker, sweet and crunchy, but yeah.. Would you like some milk with your penis-shaped cookies?
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 A hairdryer in your average Tokyo hotel bathroom.
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 Let's take a closer look at the warning text... "To prevent death by electric shock." Hard to explain why, but it just feels wrong somehow. Like they're using too strong words. The user doesn't want to prevent death specifically, but any accident involving electrocution whatsoever.. right?
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 Completely normal scene in an evening train...
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 My friend again, this photo was taken by her sister. This is what it looks like, with the real clothes and all. I see this as a good reason not to break a girl's heart. At least not a Japanese girl's.
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