Senso-ji, Shibuya crossing, Rikugi-en, Chinzan-so, and awesome Japanese whisky.
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Condensed reporting, and the Tokyo Skytree.
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Tsukiji fish market, Ueno Park, Rodin, Akihabara.
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Museums - cameras and Mucha, followed by kaiten sushi.
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Vending machines, exhaustion, and institutionalized politeness greet me in Tokyo.
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Trying to look at Toronto as if I didn't know it well, to see what makes it unusual.
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Ladyboys or kathoey are a phenomenon unique to Thailand.
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There are billboards of the royal family all over Thailand, but the Crown Prince isn't very popular.
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Ex-patriots often live in Thailand with a Thai woman twenty years their junior without sharing much in the way of a common language.
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An examination of a favourite tourist pastime in Bangkok.
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