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A faithful reproduction of Ando Momofuku's work shed, where instant ramen was invented, at the Cup Noodles Museum in Yokohama. Source.
Community radio in Ishikawa Prefecture. Source. Listen.
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Shigehime, later named Kodaiin, first wife of Tokugawa Ienari, shogun 1787-1837. Source.
Goryōkaku is Hakodate's five-pointed fort. It was built in 1866 and attacked during the Boshin War in 1869. Source.
Halifax doesn't just send Christmas trees to Boston. Every year Hakodate, Hokkaido gets one too. Source.
Ceramic figure of Ryokan-Shonin reading the Man'yōshū, by Denshu Hirokushi. Source.
A hanging scroll with calligraphy by Donald Keene and an ink drawing by Kiro Uehara showing Keene in the guise of the poet Basho. Source.