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Barbar at Tokyo Station’s Kurobei Yokocho
A gourmet district called Kurobei Yokocho opened at Tokyo Station. That was on September 28. I went there for the first time today and drank at a standing bar called Barbar, a name…
The Mysteries of Blood Type—Beyond the Textbook “A, B, and O”
A type O child is born to two type A parents, prompting, “Whose child is this?” So, what will become of this family?
What Digital Identity Requires
Recently, all kinds of articles about Digital Identity have been circulating. In this blog, I plan to jot down whatever comes to mind, ranging from meta-level questions such as wha…
Yomiuri Symphony: Stravinsky’s Renard and Others
At a subscription concert by the Yomiuri Nippon Symphony Orchestra, I heard Stravinsky’s Renard. The previous time was in 91, in August, again at Suntory Hall, though in the…
Impulse Purchase of a Cimbalom
Last night, an English-language call suddenly came to our home. It is extremely rare for us to receive a call like that at home. It was from Sandor Kuti, a Hungarian cimbalom playe…
From the Lounge at SFO
I left Japan on Tuesday evening and am now in San Francisco. I came to negotiate with a company in Mountain View, but over 72 hours I slept only about 3 hours, so I naturally began…
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