<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1639261394585747370</id><updated>2012-02-16T00:24:34.419-08:00</updated><category term='fish'/><category term='Japan'/><category term='festival'/><category term='北海道'/><category term='religion'/><category term='cuisine'/><category term='Ainu'/><category term='vending'/><category term='laughs'/><category term='Hokkaido'/><category term='temple'/><category term='Shinto'/><category term='Kushiro'/><title type='text'>Japan Musings</title><subtitle type='html'>Some blog entries I make when and if I am in Japan


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&lt;a href="http://www.linkedin.com/in/boydjones" &gt;&lt;img src="http://www.linkedin.com/img/webpromo/btn_viewmy_160x25.gif" width="160" height="25" border="0" alt="View Boyd Jones's profile on LinkedIn"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://japanmusings.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1639261394585747370/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://japanmusings.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>Boyd R. Jones</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15140107322784588284</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_xoddxmep68c/SKiLI1ZnYTI/AAAAAAAAMSw/H1208GIUcbI/S220/brjicon.jpg'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>52</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1639261394585747370.post-6629465751765215310</id><published>2010-09-28T08:01:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2010-09-28T08:01:22.484-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Mechanical dial SEIKO セイコー Clock 時計 on the Sapporo North Plaza
Building in Sapporo Hokkaido Japan</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="float: right; margin-left: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/arjanrichter/3887393944/" title="photo sharing"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2661/3887393944_f1fd14903d_m.jpg" alt="" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 0.9em; margin-top: 0px;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/arjanrichter/3887393944/"&gt;Mechanical dial SEIKO セイコー Clock 時計 on the Sapporo North Plaza Building in Sapporo Hokkaido Japan&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Originally uploaded by &lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/arjanrichter/"&gt;Arjan Richter&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br clear="all" /&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1639261394585747370-6629465751765215310?l=japanmusings.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://japanmusings.blogspot.com/feeds/6629465751765215310/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1639261394585747370&amp;postID=6629465751765215310' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1639261394585747370/posts/default/6629465751765215310'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1639261394585747370/posts/default/6629465751765215310'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://japanmusings.blogspot.com/2010/09/mechanical-dial-seiko-clock-on-sapporo.html' title='Mechanical dial SEIKO セイコー Clock 時計 on the Sapporo North Plaza&#xA;Building in Sapporo Hokkaido Japan'/><author><name>Boyd R. Jones</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15140107322784588284</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_xoddxmep68c/SKiLI1ZnYTI/AAAAAAAAMSw/H1208GIUcbI/S220/brjicon.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2661/3887393944_f1fd14903d_t.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1639261394585747370.post-7432909091108533964</id><published>2010-06-13T08:13:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2010-06-13T08:13:17.220-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Triple tower</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="float: right; margin-left: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/nemunoki/4695464767/" title="photo sharing"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1302/4695464767_b2d9df7ff1_m.jpg" alt="" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 0.9em; margin-top: 0px;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/nemunoki/4695464767/"&gt;Triple tower&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Originally uploaded by &lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/nemunoki/"&gt;Shungo_JPN&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br clear="all" /&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1639261394585747370-7432909091108533964?l=japanmusings.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://japanmusings.blogspot.com/feeds/7432909091108533964/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1639261394585747370&amp;postID=7432909091108533964' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1639261394585747370/posts/default/7432909091108533964'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1639261394585747370/posts/default/7432909091108533964'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://japanmusings.blogspot.com/2010/06/triple-tower.html' title='Triple tower'/><author><name>Boyd R. Jones</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15140107322784588284</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_xoddxmep68c/SKiLI1ZnYTI/AAAAAAAAMSw/H1208GIUcbI/S220/brjicon.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1302/4695464767_b2d9df7ff1_t.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1639261394585747370.post-2199197621532924366</id><published>2010-06-10T18:58:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2010-06-10T18:58:56.527-07:00</updated><title type='text'>A New Age for Ainu</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="float: right; margin-left: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/foamygreen/3144327846/" title="photo sharing"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3107/3144327846_f8457a6836_m.jpg" alt="" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 0.9em; margin-top: 0px;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/foamygreen/3144327846/"&gt;A New Age for Ainu&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Originally uploaded by &lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/foamygreen/"&gt;The Foamy Green&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br clear="all" /&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1639261394585747370-2199197621532924366?l=japanmusings.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://japanmusings.blogspot.com/feeds/2199197621532924366/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1639261394585747370&amp;postID=2199197621532924366' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1639261394585747370/posts/default/2199197621532924366'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1639261394585747370/posts/default/2199197621532924366'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://japanmusings.blogspot.com/2010/06/new-age-for-ainu.html' title='A New Age for Ainu'/><author><name>Boyd R. Jones</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15140107322784588284</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_xoddxmep68c/SKiLI1ZnYTI/AAAAAAAAMSw/H1208GIUcbI/S220/brjicon.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3107/3144327846_f8457a6836_t.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1639261394585747370.post-6355825938180495502</id><published>2010-05-04T16:36:00.005-07:00</published><updated>2010-05-04T16:36:59.141-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Sushi bar in Sapporo</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="float: right; margin-left: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/67982336@N00/4569300313/" title="photo sharing"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4030/4569300313_780a04fefa_m.jpg" alt="" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 0.9em; margin-top: 0px;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/67982336@N00/4569300313/"&gt;#Sushi bar @ #fish store @ #Sapporo&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Originally uploaded by &lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/67982336@N00/"&gt;j3ffyang&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br clear="all" /&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1639261394585747370-6355825938180495502?l=japanmusings.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://japanmusings.blogspot.com/feeds/6355825938180495502/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1639261394585747370&amp;postID=6355825938180495502' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1639261394585747370/posts/default/6355825938180495502'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1639261394585747370/posts/default/6355825938180495502'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://japanmusings.blogspot.com/2010/05/sushi-bar-in-sapporo.html' title='Sushi bar in Sapporo'/><author><name>Boyd R. 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Jones</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15140107322784588284</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_xoddxmep68c/SKiLI1ZnYTI/AAAAAAAAMSw/H1208GIUcbI/S220/brjicon.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4029/4579244439_656662dac7_t.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1639261394585747370.post-8015618545104411267</id><published>2010-05-04T16:35:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2010-05-04T16:35:55.592-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Very west of 小樽 北海道. Not very cold. Too windy. Have to protect my
hat...</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="float: right; margin-left: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/67982336@N00/4579886230/" title="photo sharing"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3319/4579886230_45d1a8bac3_m.jpg" alt="" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 0.9em; margin-top: 0px;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/67982336@N00/4579886230/"&gt;Very west of 小樽 北海道. Not very cold. Too windy. Have to protect my hat...&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Originally uploaded by &lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/67982336@N00/"&gt;j3ffyang&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br clear="all" /&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1639261394585747370-8015618545104411267?l=japanmusings.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://japanmusings.blogspot.com/feeds/8015618545104411267/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1639261394585747370&amp;postID=8015618545104411267' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1639261394585747370/posts/default/8015618545104411267'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1639261394585747370/posts/default/8015618545104411267'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://japanmusings.blogspot.com/2010/05/very-west-of-not-very-cold-too-windy.html' title='Very west of 小樽 北海道. Not very cold. Too windy. Have to protect my&#xA;hat...'/><author><name>Boyd R. Jones</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15140107322784588284</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_xoddxmep68c/SKiLI1ZnYTI/AAAAAAAAMSw/H1208GIUcbI/S220/brjicon.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3319/4579886230_45d1a8bac3_t.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1639261394585747370.post-3990999545114512624</id><published>2010-03-18T08:44:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2010-03-18T08:44:25.882-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Pile of Books</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="float: right; margin-left: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/hawkexpress/4442380869/" title="photo sharing"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4040/4442380869_f5c5fa22c5_m.jpg" alt="" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 0.9em; margin-top: 0px;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/hawkexpress/4442380869/"&gt;Pile of Books&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Originally uploaded by &lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/hawkexpress/"&gt;hawkexpress&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br clear="all" /&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1639261394585747370-3990999545114512624?l=japanmusings.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://japanmusings.blogspot.com/feeds/3990999545114512624/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1639261394585747370&amp;postID=3990999545114512624' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1639261394585747370/posts/default/3990999545114512624'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1639261394585747370/posts/default/3990999545114512624'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://japanmusings.blogspot.com/2010/03/pile-of-books.html' title='Pile of Books'/><author><name>Boyd R. 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Jones</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15140107322784588284</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_xoddxmep68c/SKiLI1ZnYTI/AAAAAAAAMSw/H1208GIUcbI/S220/brjicon.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3231/2317575511_476db8cc9d_t.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1639261394585747370.post-1799295300877190279</id><published>2009-02-28T11:03:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2009-02-28T11:03:27.705-08:00</updated><title type='text'>賀茂御祖神社</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="float: right; margin-left: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/sgkimpo/2987067118/" title="photo sharing"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3169/2987067118_b8d0015c46_m.jpg" alt="" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 0.9em; margin-top: 0px;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/sgkimpo/2987067118/"&gt;賀茂御祖神社&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Originally uploaded by &lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/sgkimpo/"&gt;Benson!!&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br clear="all" /&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1639261394585747370-1799295300877190279?l=japanmusings.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://japanmusings.blogspot.com/feeds/1799295300877190279/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1639261394585747370&amp;postID=1799295300877190279' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1639261394585747370/posts/default/1799295300877190279'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1639261394585747370/posts/default/1799295300877190279'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://japanmusings.blogspot.com/2009/02/blog-post.html' title='賀茂御祖神社'/><author><name>Boyd R. 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Jones</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15140107322784588284</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_xoddxmep68c/SKiLI1ZnYTI/AAAAAAAAMSw/H1208GIUcbI/S220/brjicon.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3330/3212754150_ea3eabda7b_t.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1639261394585747370.post-328628348359281326</id><published>2009-01-20T20:08:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2009-01-20T20:08:21.546-08:00</updated><title type='text'>DIY Japan travel moleskine - Japan RailPass</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="float: right; margin-left: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/jennemmer/3211034835/" title="photo sharing"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3475/3211034835_d43cefb809_m.jpg" alt="" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 0.9em; margin-top: 0px;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/jennemmer/3211034835/"&gt;DIY Japan travel moleskine&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Originally uploaded by &lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/jennemmer/"&gt;jennemmer&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br clear="all" /&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1639261394585747370-328628348359281326?l=japanmusings.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://japanmusings.blogspot.com/feeds/328628348359281326/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1639261394585747370&amp;postID=328628348359281326' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1639261394585747370/posts/default/328628348359281326'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1639261394585747370/posts/default/328628348359281326'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://japanmusings.blogspot.com/2009/01/diy-japan-travel-moleskine-japan.html' title='DIY Japan travel moleskine - Japan RailPass'/><author><name>Boyd R. Jones</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15140107322784588284</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_xoddxmep68c/SKiLI1ZnYTI/AAAAAAAAMSw/H1208GIUcbI/S220/brjicon.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3475/3211034835_d43cefb809_t.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1639261394585747370.post-4495024828720306900</id><published>2009-01-20T20:07:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2009-01-20T20:07:04.811-08:00</updated><title type='text'>DIY Japan travel moleskine - photos</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="float: right; margin-left: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/jennemmer/3211881030/" title="photo sharing"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3429/3211881030_1e196bb583_m.jpg" alt="" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 0.9em; margin-top: 0px;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/jennemmer/3211881030/"&gt;DIY Japan travel moleskine&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Originally uploaded by &lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/jennemmer/"&gt;jennemmer&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br clear="all" /&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1639261394585747370-4495024828720306900?l=japanmusings.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://japanmusings.blogspot.com/feeds/4495024828720306900/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1639261394585747370&amp;postID=4495024828720306900' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1639261394585747370/posts/default/4495024828720306900'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1639261394585747370/posts/default/4495024828720306900'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://japanmusings.blogspot.com/2009/01/diy-japan-travel-moleskine-photos.html' title='DIY Japan travel moleskine - photos'/><author><name>Boyd R. Jones</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15140107322784588284</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_xoddxmep68c/SKiLI1ZnYTI/AAAAAAAAMSw/H1208GIUcbI/S220/brjicon.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3429/3211881030_1e196bb583_t.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1639261394585747370.post-9047533208690749179</id><published>2009-01-20T20:04:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2009-01-20T20:04:24.835-08:00</updated><title type='text'>DIY Japan travel moleskine</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="float: right; margin-left: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/jennemmer/3211034099/" title="photo sharing"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3511/3211034099_d023c39038_m.jpg" alt="" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 0.9em; margin-top: 0px;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/jennemmer/3211034099/"&gt;DIY Japan travel moleskine&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Originally uploaded by &lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/jennemmer/"&gt;jennemmer&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br clear="all" /&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1639261394585747370-9047533208690749179?l=japanmusings.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://japanmusings.blogspot.com/feeds/9047533208690749179/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1639261394585747370&amp;postID=9047533208690749179' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1639261394585747370/posts/default/9047533208690749179'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1639261394585747370/posts/default/9047533208690749179'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://japanmusings.blogspot.com/2009/01/diy-japan-travel-moleskine.html' title='DIY Japan travel moleskine'/><author><name>Boyd R. Jones</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15140107322784588284</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_xoddxmep68c/SKiLI1ZnYTI/AAAAAAAAMSw/H1208GIUcbI/S220/brjicon.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3511/3211034099_d023c39038_t.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1639261394585747370.post-2174878138744267901</id><published>2008-08-24T08:57:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-08-24T09:24:55.203-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Japan'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Hokkaido'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Ainu'/><title type='text'>Japan's Ainu minority discovers ethnic pride</title><content type='html'>Japan's &lt;a href="http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-ainu24-2008aug24,0,881952.story?track=ntothtml"&gt;Ainu minority&lt;/a&gt; discovers ethnic pride.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1639261394585747370-2174878138744267901?l=japanmusings.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://japanmusings.blogspot.com/feeds/2174878138744267901/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1639261394585747370&amp;postID=2174878138744267901' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1639261394585747370/posts/default/2174878138744267901'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1639261394585747370/posts/default/2174878138744267901'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://japanmusings.blogspot.com/2008/08/japans-ainu-minority-discovers-ethnic.html' title='Japan&apos;s Ainu minority discovers ethnic pride'/><author><name>Boyd R. Jones</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15140107322784588284</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_xoddxmep68c/SKiLI1ZnYTI/AAAAAAAAMSw/H1208GIUcbI/S220/brjicon.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1639261394585747370.post-7106691494283201494</id><published>2006-07-09T23:08:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-09-02T23:14:19.377-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Kushiro'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='北海道'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='laughs'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Hokkaido'/><title type='text'>How to wear traditional rag caps</title><content type='html'>How to fold and wear a traditional Japanese rag cap.  And some laughs.  Kushiro, Hokkaido, Japan.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://flash.revver.com/player/1.0/player.swf" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" scale="noScale" salign="TL" bgcolor="#000000" flashvars="mediaId=229889&amp;affiliateId=71381&amp;allowFullScreen=true" allowfullscreen="true" height="300" width="400"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1639261394585747370-7106691494283201494?l=japanmusings.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://japanmusings.blogspot.com/feeds/7106691494283201494/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1639261394585747370&amp;postID=7106691494283201494' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1639261394585747370/posts/default/7106691494283201494'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1639261394585747370/posts/default/7106691494283201494'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://japanmusings.blogspot.com/2006/07/how-to-wear-traditional-rag-caps.html' title='How to wear traditional rag caps'/><author><name>Boyd R. Jones</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15140107322784588284</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_xoddxmep68c/SKiLI1ZnYTI/AAAAAAAAMSw/H1208GIUcbI/S220/brjicon.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1639261394585747370.post-6374494762329453391</id><published>2006-07-08T23:48:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-09-02T23:14:54.586-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Kushiro'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='festival'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='北海道'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Hokkaido'/><title type='text'>Festival in Kushiro</title><content type='html'>The locals in Kushiro held a traditional festival as these videos attest:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://flash.revver.com/player/1.0/player.swf" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" scale="noScale" salign="TL" bgcolor="#000000" flashvars="mediaId=232758&amp;affiliateId=71381&amp;amp;allowFullScreen=true" allowfullscreen="true" height="300" width="400"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://flash.revver.com/player/1.0/player.swf" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" scale="noScale" salign="TL" bgcolor="#000000" flashvars="mediaId=232762&amp;affiliateId=71381&amp;amp;allowFullScreen=true" allowfullscreen="true" height="300" width="400"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://flash.revver.com/player/1.0/player.swf" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" scale="noScale" salign="TL" bgcolor="#000000" flashvars="mediaId=232751&amp;affiliateId=71381&amp;amp;allowFullScreen=true" allowfullscreen="true" height="300" width="400"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1639261394585747370-6374494762329453391?l=japanmusings.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://japanmusings.blogspot.com/feeds/6374494762329453391/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1639261394585747370&amp;postID=6374494762329453391' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1639261394585747370/posts/default/6374494762329453391'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1639261394585747370/posts/default/6374494762329453391'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://japanmusings.blogspot.com/2006/07/festival-in-kushiro.html' title='Festival in Kushiro'/><author><name>Boyd R. Jones</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15140107322784588284</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_xoddxmep68c/SKiLI1ZnYTI/AAAAAAAAMSw/H1208GIUcbI/S220/brjicon.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1639261394585747370.post-8940283328655185628</id><published>2006-07-08T23:38:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-09-02T23:15:30.966-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Kushiro'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='北海道'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Hokkaido'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='cuisine'/><title type='text'>Seaside BBQ!</title><content type='html'>The gang at the BBQ at a seaside home in Kushiro, Hokkaido, Japan.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://flash.revver.com/player/1.0/player.swf" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" scale="noScale" salign="TL" bgcolor="#ffffff" flashvars="mediaId=190051&amp;affiliateId=71381" wmode="transparent" height="300" width="400"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://flash.revver.com/player/1.0/player.swf" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" scale="noScale" salign="TL" bgcolor="#ffffff" flashvars="mediaId=190045&amp;amp;affiliateId=71381" wmode="transparent" height="300" width="400"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;object width="400" height="300"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/cSpFCmr3r60"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="wmode" value="transparent"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/cSpFCmr3r60" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="400" height="300"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1639261394585747370-8940283328655185628?l=japanmusings.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://japanmusings.blogspot.com/feeds/8940283328655185628/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1639261394585747370&amp;postID=8940283328655185628' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1639261394585747370/posts/default/8940283328655185628'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1639261394585747370/posts/default/8940283328655185628'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://japanmusings.blogspot.com/2006/07/seaside-bbq.html' title='Seaside BBQ!'/><author><name>Boyd R. Jones</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15140107322784588284</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_xoddxmep68c/SKiLI1ZnYTI/AAAAAAAAMSw/H1208GIUcbI/S220/brjicon.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1639261394585747370.post-4015120425844804727</id><published>2006-07-08T18:58:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-09-02T23:15:51.458-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Kushiro'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Shinto'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='religion'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='temple'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Hokkaido'/><title type='text'>Shinto temple</title><content type='html'>A beautiful Shinto temple in Kushiro.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://flash.revver.com/player/1.0/player.swf" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" scale="noScale" salign="TL" bgcolor="#ffffff" flashvars="mediaId=190067&amp;affiliateId=71381" wmode="transparent" height="300" width="400"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1639261394585747370-4015120425844804727?l=japanmusings.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://japanmusings.blogspot.com/feeds/4015120425844804727/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1639261394585747370&amp;postID=4015120425844804727' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1639261394585747370/posts/default/4015120425844804727'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1639261394585747370/posts/default/4015120425844804727'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://japanmusings.blogspot.com/2006/07/shinto-temple.html' title='Shinto temple'/><author><name>Boyd R. Jones</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15140107322784588284</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_xoddxmep68c/SKiLI1ZnYTI/AAAAAAAAMSw/H1208GIUcbI/S220/brjicon.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1639261394585747370.post-6444836451783364550</id><published>2006-07-08T18:34:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-09-02T23:16:08.786-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Kushiro'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='北海道'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Hokkaido'/><title type='text'>Pounding the drums in Kushiro, Hokkaido</title><content type='html'>Young people playing traditional drums on a truck during festival in Kushiro.  A video clip:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://flash.revver.com/player/1.0/player.swf" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" scale="noScale" salign="TL" bgcolor="#ffffff" flashvars="mediaId=188665&amp;affiliateId=71381" wmode="transparent" height="300" width="400"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1639261394585747370-6444836451783364550?l=japanmusings.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://japanmusings.blogspot.com/feeds/6444836451783364550/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1639261394585747370&amp;postID=6444836451783364550' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1639261394585747370/posts/default/6444836451783364550'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1639261394585747370/posts/default/6444836451783364550'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://japanmusings.blogspot.com/2006/07/pounding-drums-in-kushiro-hokkaido.html' title='Pounding the drums in Kushiro, Hokkaido'/><author><name>Boyd R. Jones</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15140107322784588284</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_xoddxmep68c/SKiLI1ZnYTI/AAAAAAAAMSw/H1208GIUcbI/S220/brjicon.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1639261394585747370.post-1831855270675993262</id><published>2006-07-07T20:17:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-09-02T23:16:34.153-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Kushiro'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='北海道'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='fish'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='vending'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Hokkaido'/><title type='text'>Elderly fishmonger</title><content type='html'>Elderly woman selling fish door to door in Kushiro.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;object width="400" height="300"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/nRQJxxcUrXI"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="wmode" value="transparent"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/nRQJxxcUrXI" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="400" height="300"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1639261394585747370-1831855270675993262?l=japanmusings.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://japanmusings.blogspot.com/feeds/1831855270675993262/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1639261394585747370&amp;postID=1831855270675993262' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1639261394585747370/posts/default/1831855270675993262'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1639261394585747370/posts/default/1831855270675993262'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://japanmusings.blogspot.com/2006/07/elderly-fishmonger.html' title='Elderly fishmonger'/><author><name>Boyd R. 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