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• Aug 6, 2023

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Lucky13

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In my castle....

All I saw was "13"....

 

• Aug 7, 2023

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Shinpachi

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Zippythehog said:

Did you pose here fof the Mangaka?

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I could have posed like this

 

• Aug 7, 2023

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Bag used by the WW2 Grave Registration Companies to collect the personal items of deceased GIs.

 

• Aug 7, 2023

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Shinpachi said:

I could have posed like this

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My eyes........................... ohhhhh my eyes!

 

• Aug 7, 2023

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Zippythehog

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Yup. Can't unsee that.

 

• Aug 7, 2023

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Lucky13

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In my castle....

My neighbours came running, asking if I was ok and said that they've had heard me screaming....
I'm still in shock....
This demands a month long ban!

 

• Aug 7, 2023

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Aw flaming stralia

Shinpachi said:

I could have posed like this

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He has the body of a god - Buddha.

 

• Aug 7, 2023

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MiTasol said:

He has the body of a god - Buddha.

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His performances were not necessarily accepted in Japan.
Yasumura has the kamikaze mind

 

• Aug 7, 2023

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Self destructing I would say!
Unfortunately it was shown here in Oz.

 

• Aug 8, 2023

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N4521U said:

Self destructing I would say!
Unfortunately it was shown here in Oz.

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In 1867, a Japanese envoy from the Tokugawa Shogunate, Joun Kurimoto, performed a naked dance at a reception party held in Paris.
Hmmm...this performance seems to have a long history.

Joun Kurimoto(1822-1897)

Source: Wiki

 

• Aug 8, 2023

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French Military Mission to Japan for the Tokugawa Shogunate in 1867.
The "rebels" supported by UK was to take power in the following year.
The year 1867 was the turning point in the Japanese history.


Source: Wiki

 

• Aug 8, 2023

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BTW, this is the 'formal' naked dance in Japan


Source: とに安、アキラ100%、小島よしお「エンタ」でトリプルお盆芸を披露（コメントあり）

 

• Aug 9, 2023

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No thanks. I've already seen "The Full Monty".

 

• Aug 10, 2023

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At 11:00 on April 26, 1937, new Minister Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Poland, Mr. Tadeusz Romer and his wife arrived at the palace to have an audience with the Emperor and submit his credentials and dismissal of his predecessor.

Mr.&Mrs. Romer

Source: Press Rengo Photo News (April 1937)

 

• Aug 10, 2023

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Vic Balshaw

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An interesting title.

 

• Aug 10, 2023

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• Aug 10, 2023

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Mr. Tadeusz Romer is still remembered by the Japanese people as the brave diplomat who saved Jewish refugees from Europe together with Japanese diplomat Chiune Sugihara.

His exhibition in 2020

「命のビザ」～もう一人の外交官 タデウシュ・ロメル展～ - 日本の中のポーランド - Portal Gov.pl

7月31日、杉原千畝Sempo Museumにてタデウシュ・ロメル大使 に関するパネル展が始まりました。展示は８月３０日までです。

www.gov.pl

 

• Aug 10, 2023

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Chiune Sugihara Exhibition in 2021

Activities | NPO Chiune Sugihara. Visas For Life

We introduce the results of the activities of the NPO Chiune Sugihara. Visas For Life with photos.

www.chiune-sugihara.jp

 

• Aug 10, 2023

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Other trailers are pointless but this is a good summary of the movie about Sugihara.


View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ppCEta8I4UA