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@ApostateEnglishman @corbden

You're doing very well at condensing so far!

The Chuo line in Tokyo in autumn.

Photo of trees and grass, behind which is a railway line, behind which is a moat, behind which are more trees and some skyscrapers.

View from the top of Mt Nokogiriyama, Chiba, Japan.

View of the sea, a port, and forest, with the leaves beginning to change colour, taken from the top of Mt Nokogiriyama in Japan.

@elizabethtasker One of those near where I live. Never fails to make me smile.

@jastity I can't imagine the Reform MPs making the effort for their constituents either.

Land for sale. Ikebukuro, Tokyo.

A statue of a sinister-looking clown dressed in red and playing a saxophone in a weed-filled plot of land with a For Sale sign.

@elizabethtasker Mini Eggs!

A classy photo of a Mont Blanc dessert at a posh cafe, snapped by my 14-year-old son without any effort.

Cormorant. Nishi Ogikubo, Tokyo.

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@colinburgess Especially fashion crimes!

An aloof grey heron, Hikarigaoka, Tokyo.

@TonyStark That's the interesting thing: he does actually have no redeeming features in his personality. It's highly unusual to come across such people, but Trump is one.

@languagelog

OK for me to post elsewhere? I offer English language services to Japanese people.

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Tiny ink and watercolour based on a photo I took at the peak of a hike up Mount Takao in Hachioji, Japan.
#sketchbook #mastoart #sakurajimaart #watercolour #watercolor #japan

A tiny watercolour and ink drawing of some distant mountains seen during a hike in Japan.

The Attack of the Giant Crabs!

Happy New Year to everyone!

Three HUGE crabs on top of a Shinkansen! (a Japan Railways poster)

@Natanox Yes, the death rate rises considerably in Japan during summer heatwaves, which are brutal - friends from the tropics complain about them. There is a lot of hidden poverty in Japan. Many people can't afford the aircon bills and end up dying of heatstroke. We're also seeing more climate-related natural disasters, and agriculture is getting disrupted by irregular weather. Still, it's good to know that Japanese baseball players are up there with the best!

What were the big news stories in Japan in 2023? According to Yomiuri Shimbun (a 'quality' newspaper), first was Japan's win in the World Series baseball, second was about an overpaid baseball player, fourth was about shogi (Japanese chess) and fifth was more baseball. The climate crisis comes in at ninth.

List of the top ten biggest stories in Japan from Japanese newspaper.

Mask of the Japanese god Ebisu, the bloke with the sea bream through his head, at Foreign Correspondents' Club Japan.

@elizabethtasker That's really good news! Four of us live in a house with a 60 A limit and it's more than enough. Actually, our bills are not too bad: about 6,000 yen per month in the aircon-free seasons.

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