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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Oct 2012 13:35:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Kyoto is for lovers! Shijo Dori  Some might say that Kyoto is not about romance. There are temples and shrines everywhere, some of the oldest in the country, and so Kyoto could be considered the spiritual heart of Japan. But &#8230; <a href="http://thisjapaneselife.org/2012/10/17/kyoto-travel-guide-neurotic/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thisjapaneselife.org&#038;blog=14259673&#038;post=1416&#038;subd=owwls&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Oct 2011 13:01:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>On Japanese Funerals</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Mar 2011 15:00:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[My first conversation about the earthquake was a week and three days after it struck. In the office, we talked about the peripheries of disaster: Blood donations, fundraisers, TV coverage. We didn’t talk about victims. When the media focused on &#8230; <a href="http://thisjapaneselife.org/2011/03/28/japan-funerals-mourning/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thisjapaneselife.org&#038;blog=14259673&#038;post=448&#038;subd=owwls&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Audio: Dazaifu Jinko-Shiki Ceremony</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Sep 2010 15:07:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A downloadable/streaming audio recording from Tenmangu Shrine in Dazaifu, Japan.  <a href="http://thisjapaneselife.org/2010/09/28/audio-dazaifu-jinko-shiki-ceremony/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thisjapaneselife.org&#038;blog=14259673&#038;post=194&#038;subd=owwls&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>On Ruins &#124; 城跡</title>
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