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  osakaretiredJul. 31, 2011 - 08:41AM JST

  They sure didn't look that nice during the Korean War! Osakaretired

  Posted in: Love-1 Festival

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  osakaretiredNov. 24, 2009 - 10:54AM JST

  "Crowded" was the Chuo Line from Mitaka to Ichigaya in the late 1960's! Sometimes I had to go to Ochanomizu before I could get off and then go back to Ichigaya. At 75, I'm now able to get away with a little game. When I do get a seat in the "elderly, etc." section and someone gets out a cell phone I point at the sign and then at my heart. Nearly every time they either more or put it away. And, while I've never asked anyone to move so that I could sit down, I have asked so that another obviously "elderly" could get a seat as well as chased junior high brats away when there were still plenty of ordinary seats left. By the way--I don't have a heart problem.

  Posted in: Do it at home: Train manners in Japan

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  osakaretiredJun. 04, 2009 - 10:14AM JST

  As a child growing up in the same area, my wife was a friend of the murdered husband's older sister and used to go to their house to play. She knew that they were "extremely rich" but even though she understood "rich" to an extent, "extremely rich" didn't mean much to her. Whenever she would play with the Seta girl, a maid would always be standing nearby and the maid would applaud and/or laugh at the proper moments. Maybe that is what "extremely rich" meant in those days. She doesn't remember her friend's younger brother (the deceased) but he was most likely still a baby at that time. My wife has also told me that the operator of a small store near the Seta's house would always admonish my wife with a "You shouldn't be playing with the daughter of that family." But, she didn't understand what he meant then then nor does she understand it now. PS: She has hadn't any contact with any of them family since before the War.

  Posted in: Murdered Tokyo couple had cash stashed all over the house

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