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Zeitung, magazine
a letter-box in rural Hamburg, saying "Zeitung", magazine
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Uploaded on Oct 18, 2007
How to make Omusubi
Making omusubi (triangular rice balls) in two easy steps.
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Uploaded on Oct 16, 2007
The Ramen Museum
A ticket for the Ramen Noodle Museum in Yokohama, Japan
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Uploaded on Oct 16, 2007
Snow grips for your shoes
These shoe grips clip onto the soles of your shoes. They were given out for free in the wintertime at the train station in Sapporo, Japan.
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Uploaded on Oct 16, 2007
Japanese Train Ticket
All you can ride for one day for 500 yen! I love the cartoon character at the bottom corner.
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Uploaded on Oct 16, 2007
Look inside your ear invention
Looks like another 'chindogu', or useless Japanese invention. This contraption enables you to look...
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Uploaded on Oct 16, 2007
Japanese packaging stickers
Everytime you buy something in Japan, they seal the bag with this sticky tape with their brand on it to say that it has been bought.
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Uploaded on Oct 16, 2007
Laundry Pinch (or peg)
The label on the packet of laundry pegs that I bought in Japan. They called them 'laundry pinch' which actually makes a lot of sense.
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Uploaded on Oct 16, 2007
Cute Japanese packaging
It looks like packaging for a children's toy or some candy...but it's actually a brand of Japanese condoms!
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Uploaded on Oct 16, 2007
Lithograph in Versailles
I love the decorative motifs in this lithograph in Versailles.
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Uploaded on Oct 16, 2007
Moulin Rouge
Collection of claws
This macarbe collection was seen in an antiques market in Paris. I was scolded by the stallholder for taking this photo!
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Uploaded on Oct 16, 2007
Kosteleeke Uzenmy
Graffiti on Detsky Ostrov, Prague
I'm not sure what this says in Czech, but I thought that the cat was very cute.
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Uploaded on Oct 16, 2007
Words in human bones
This is the signature of the half-blind monk who decorated the bone ossuary in Sedlec, Czech Republic out of the human bones of 4,000 bodies.
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Uploaded on Oct 16, 2007
