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48th All Japan Aikido Demonstration

On Saturday I attended the 48th All Japan Aikido Demonstration (第48回 全日本合気道演武大会) at the Nippon Budokan, commonly call the “Embu”. It’s the biggest event of the year for Aikikai, with people coming from all over Japan (and from overseas) to … Continue reading

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Tokyo Marathon 2009 Photos

No, I didn’t run it, just took some photos.

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Feel the cow love

I saw many other people enjoying the cow-parade, so I thought I’d share a few candid photos I took. Kids A woman photographing cow 30 A family looking at a wall-sized map of the cows And here are some of … Continue reading

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The Cow Shop!

During the cow parade there was a temporary “shop” in the the Marunouchi building. They were selling model cows, of various designs from previous cow parades. They even had plain “paint-your-own” cows for those frustrated artists among us. Cows for … Continue reading

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The search is complete!

January 31st, 2009: It’s finally time to post the remainder of my search. I’ve faked the post dates to match when they were found. Today I finally found the remaining cows. The final 3 “mini-moos” were spread through the upper … Continue reading

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