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	<title>Launching Over Japan</title>
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	<description>Exploring the Wonders of Northern Japan</description>
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		<title>Sapporo Snow Festival 2010</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I was in Sapporo this year for an unrelated reason(a friend&#8217;s wedding.) However, I happened to have a free evening on my hands so took in the sights of the Sapporo Snow Festival.  This festival is the biggest of its kind in the world, and I didn&#8217;t have much time to capture it all. Here [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.jasohill.com/blog/sapporo-snow-festival-2010/</link>
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		<title>Haiti Earthquake reilef effort in Japan</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m compiling a quick list of resources for people living in Japan should they desire to donate to the relief effort in Haiti. I only have  a couple at the moment, but I&#8217;ll be adding more as I find them.  These allow you to make a bank transfer if you don&#8217;t have any other way [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.jasohill.com/blog/how-to-helpdonate-to-the-2010-haiti-earthquake-reilef-effort-if-you-live-in-japan/</link>
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		<title>Searching for the Japanese Sun</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Japan is famously known as the land of the rising sun. In fact, the Japanese word for Japan, &#8220;nihon, or nippon&#8221; is written with the Chinese characters &#8216;origin&#8217; and &#8217;sun&#8217;.  For a country so bathed is sun symbolism you&#8217;d think a northern Canadian such as myself could find a some sunlight on this little Island. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.jasohill.com/blog/searching-for-the-japanese-sun/</link>
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		<title>Japan a Major force in Baseball during 2009</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In the world of professional baseball, this has been the year of the rising sun. Japan has started to shift into the position of major leaguer in terms of world status. A position that previously might have been questionable.
The winning came early as Team Japan clenched their second World Baseball Championship title, showing the world [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.jasohill.com/blog/japan-a-major-force-in-baseball-during-2009/</link>
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		<title>Happy Birthday Kenji</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Kenj If you visit Google today in Japan you&#8217;ll see they are honouring Kenji Miyazawa. He was a famous Japanese author. He wrote amazing  stories for children and poetry. He was also born and raised in Iwate. The very place I live in Japan. Happy birthday Kenji.
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		<link>http://www.jasohill.com/blog/happy-birthday-kenji/</link>
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		<title>Spring in Japan</title>
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	Spring in Japan, originally uploaded by jasohill.


	  There are many signs that spring has arrived in Japan.  At first, the daffodils come out, followed by crocuses and tulips. Green grasses start to slowly [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Spring is Around us</title>
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	Table for two, originally uploaded by jasohill.


	Spring has finally come to Japan. It was a long winter with a lot of snow, but it&#8217;s now just starting to pay off. The flowers started coming out [...]]]></description>
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		<title>An Engaging Anouncement</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s funny that I forgot to write about this on my blog. Considering how long I&#8217;ve had this site, you&#8217;d think I&#8217;d remember to do something as simple as letting you all know that I&#8217;ve asked the love of my life, Akira, to Marry me.  Yes, we&#8217;re officially engaged.
You see, last year, I went to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.jasohill.com/blog/an-engaging-anouncement/</link>
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		<title>Do you think you are lost in Japan?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve noticed an interesting trend in the last few years. It appears more and more people are coming to Japan and using an email address that has, &#8220;I think I&#8217;m lost&#8221; or &#8220;lost in Japan&#8221; embedded inside. for example: ithinkimlost2530, or lostinjapan23.  I am puzzled why they are using this expression and how it came [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.jasohill.com/blog/do-you-think-you-are-lost-in-japan/</link>
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		<title>My Thoughts on The Tsukiji Fish Market Banning of Tourists</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Japanese news has been buzzing with the news that the famous Tsukiji Fish Market in Tokyo has started to ban tourists from their morning tuna auctions. Apparently, tourists had been ignoring signs warning them not to use flash photography or to disrupt the auction process, so the people who run the auction decided it [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.jasohill.com/blog/my-thoughts-on-the-tsukiji-fish-market-banning-of-tourists/</link>
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