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Ah, BlacKnox, thank you for this TR. You take me back to my solitary trip to Japan in 1992 (where I came home with the first Mrs LW :roll: ). Went down by train with 10 others to Kochi (Shikoku) where we were attending a marriage between groom (Aussie - friend) and his wife (Japanese - friend of first Mrs LW). Got the whole Shinto wedding experience first, then the extravaganza of multiple changes of outfit (from wedding Kimino to western wedding dress, then going away outfit). Impolite and total loss of face not to drink the barrell of sake on our table (aaagghhh, that was my problem, too many kampai's or icki's IMO).
All kids were looking at me as well (6'2"), saying "foreigner" in Japanese (can't recall the word). Plus first Mrs LW was 5'11" and blonde (and spoke fluent Japanese, had done it at school and done two Lions exchanges and spent a year at Kochi University doing intensive Japenese subject as part of her UQ B.Arts program).
My biggest problem is that I can't find okonomiyaki (spelling?? - Japanese pizza) anywhere here in BNE or Gold Coast. Any tips...I love the stuff.
I'd love to hear more of your TR's...
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