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Earth Day(s)
Luka (The Alan Quatermain of Kyoto) So some time ago I was sitting in Pagode (http://www.h3.dion.ne.jp/~pagode/ – a very nice bar on Kiyamachi with a superb view and not enough customers) chatting with...
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Beautiful day today, bright, sunny, warm… The hills were a shimmering green, the sky a perfect blue, and as the day cooled into night you could hear the frogs chorally burping in the rice paddies that...
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Lots of News
Anyone see Japan play Australia last night? I tuned in for the last (and most important) 15 minutes and what a funny game eh? I especially liked the scenes after the match of the delighted dancing...
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Tokyo Wedding
So I got married at the weekend and this is my new wife: I’M JUST KIDDIN’! Mario and Shiori (finally) got married and don’t they make a super photogenic couple? Me and my hairless friend. Some archaic...
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Greetings from Chez Sparks. Last night was a very merry occasion, here in Ichigaya. 44 different Japanese beers, were tasted and adjudicated upon, taste test competitions held and (particularly...
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BT11
Now I’m back in Kyoto and here’s a further update on Saturday night’s beer tasting party. (Scores were out of twenty). 1st >>> Harvest Moon Brown Ale (Chiba), 14.1 average score 2nd...
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Bitter
On Sunday Paul took me to a very nice beer bar in Kagurazaka named “Bitter”. Kagurazaka itself, is well worth a visit if you happen to be in Tokyo, full as it is with nice little, shops, restaurants...
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Boozetastic Times
I just spent three boozetastic days in Tokyo catching up with various legendary characters and damaging my liver/bank balance (eh Tony? eh?) Got back yesterday thoroughly macarooned and fell into bed...
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Mario sent me this info on an Intyatyambo event he and some other ex-Lado people have organized up in Tokyo. Looks like it will be a fun night in a good cause so if you are up in Tokyo at the time...
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