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Dec 15, 2009 | 1:32 am
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It was mostly generated by the random palin interview generator:
http://www.palinparrot.com/
I asked the Palin parrot what she thought of the Japanese invasion of Alaska (which, by the way, is a genuine WW2 incident... )
BTW - Have you heard a story that ancient ainu artifacts have been found in the Aleuitian islands - indicating links between Japan and Alaska that go back for centuries? Someone told me this when I visited a kitschy Ainu "village" in Hokkaido. I haven't had the chance to check up on that story yet.
http://www.palinparrot.com/
I asked the Palin parrot what she thought of the Japanese invasion of Alaska (which, by the way, is a genuine WW2 incident... )
BTW - Have you heard a story that ancient ainu artifacts have been found in the Aleuitian islands - indicating links between Japan and Alaska that go back for centuries? Someone told me this when I visited a kitschy Ainu "village" in Hokkaido. I haven't had the chance to check up on that story yet.
Dec 15, 2009 | 6:07 am
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BTW - Have you heard a story that ancient ainu artifacts have been found in the Aleuitian islands - indicating links between Japan and Alaska that go back for centuries? Someone told me this when I visited a kitschy Ainu "village" in Hokkaido. I haven't had the chance to check up on that story yet.
I'm much less an anthropologist than I am a linguist (as Mr J Laska has already proven
) but that's already some ground for linking the two cultures.
Dec 15, 2009 | 6:20 am
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Shamisen entered Japan from China by way of Okinawa, so I imagine that any resemblance between plectrums and Alaskan cutting implements would be coincidental. Maybe they both derive from the shape of an animal bone. That's my best guess.
EDIT: Apparently, the Biwa descends from the Arabic oud and reached Japan by way of China. Wikipedia says the plectrums are big because Samurai wanted them to double as weapons. Deadly biwa, indeed!
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Dec 15, 2009 | 8:01 am
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BTW - Have you heard a story that ancient ainu artifacts have been found in the Aleuitian islands - indicating links between Japan and Alaska that go back for centuries? Someone told me this when I visited a kitschy Ainu "village" in Hokkaido. I haven't had the chance to check up on that story yet.
An interesting read, IMHO.
Mar 1, 2010 | 5:59 pm
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Mar 1, 2010 | 9:01 pm
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Mar 1, 2010 | 10:08 pm
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Mar 10, 2010 | 10:09 am
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Spring snow left a roll cake.
http://www.asahi.com/national/update...003100389.html
This happened in Tokyo yesterday morning. Super rare.
But in Yamagata, which is discussed on the snowy onsen thread, there seems to be a noun for this phenomenon.
It is called yukidawara. ゆきだわら、雪俵. =snow shaped like straw bag of rice
This happened in Tokyo yesterday morning. Super rare.
But in Yamagata, which is discussed on the snowy onsen thread, there seems to be a noun for this phenomenon.
It is called yukidawara. ゆきだわら、雪俵. =snow shaped like straw bag of rice
Mar 10, 2010 | 11:45 am
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Mar 10, 2010 | 4:15 pm
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Originally Posted by O Sora
This happened in Tokyo yesterday morning. Super rare.
But in Yamagata, which is discussed on the snowy onsen thread, there seems to be a noun for this phenomenon.
It is called yukidawara. ゆきだわら、雪俵. =snow shaped like straw bag of rice
The only objets that hit my windscreen appear to left by Rodan.
Mar 11, 2010 | 6:05 am
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