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Joi Ito just sent me a link to this amazingly happy video; I think I may have posted it before but it is well worth a second visit.
Yatta! It's Friday. All you need is one leaf (that's part of the lyrics of the song).
The newest flavor of Pepsi in Japan is Baobab. Yep, as in the tree. No idea what that'll be like. If anyone gets to try it before I do (the release date is May 25), please leave your two cents in the comments.
Shibuya246 points us to a new DoCoMo campaign featuring Darth Vader.
Bad news for frequent flyers on JAL: starting in September, the airline is cutting direct flights between Tokyo and Amsterdam, Rome, Milan and San Francisco, and between Osaka and Guam, Hong Kong and Beijing. It's too bad, I really liked JAL and frequently fly between Tokyo and San Francisco.
Update: JAL will, however, be flying from Haneda to San Francisco. Which is actually better. Yay.
Check out this neat design for an apartment building in Kyoto. Link
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