And I always thought that Tori Gates was that real big drag queen down at The Monster.

These Tori gates are part of the Fushimi-Inari Shrine in the mountains of south Kyoto. The gates are prayers to the gods for a good rice crop and many of them are provided by the sake makers who operate in this part of town.The vermilion color is for protection from evil spirits and any of you who ever had too much sake know that it can be one evil spirit. Sorry kids I just had to.

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Of Shopping and Singing Crabs

As we were walking in a huge Kyoto shopping arcade we fell victim to the intoxicating siren song of a giant plastic crab. In an atempt to lure customers many restaurants in Kyoto employ the talents of singing plastic food all of whom have childlike voices and big round eyes. I'll post more Japanese singing entrees as I find them.

Summer Down Under

While we're freezing here in NYC it's summer in Australia and the folks at Aussie Bum are turning up the heat even higher. So check out their website and think warm thoughts.

Stroke Stroke Stroke

During one of our many google searches we came across this picture of the 1950 Boston College varsity crew. Presented it here as a public service. Click the picture for a better look.

Angels and Others

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