Tag: Japan
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My Quest to Find the Owner of a Mysterious WWII Japanese Sword
link: www.outsideonline.com/culture/essays-culture/world-war-ii-japanese-sword/ This was a pleasant Sunday morning read. When I was a kid, I was fascinated by a traditional katana my grandfather had brought home from Japan in 1945. Years later, I decided it was time to find the heirloom’s rightful owner.
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These Japanese beef croquettes are so popular there’s a 30-year waitlist
link: https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/japan-kobe-beef-croquettes-30-year-waitlist/index.html This is fascinating. If you order a box of frozen Kobe beef croquettes from Asahiya, a family-run butcher shop in Takasago City in western Japan’s Hyogo Prefecture, it’ll take another 30 years before you receive your order. What are the chances that they’ll still be shipping these orders in 30+ years, or that they’ll…