Kitagawa village
I've been working out among the rice paddies of rural Japan on the JET Program as a 'CIR' My home for almost 2 years now has been a small hamlet in eastern Shikoku called Kitagawa village .
Foreign population: 1
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With only a matter of weeks left at my current job, I'm getting ready for my next big trip - a cycle tour across Japan, top to bottom. The plan is to set off in August from the northern tip of Japan and just keep on pedaling south.
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Thursday, December 16, 2004
Need a lap?
A little lonely this Christmas? Need a shoulder to cry on? A lap to rest your head? Japanese ingenuity to the rescue again!Introducing the "Lap Pillow". Made of foam and selling for about 10,000 yen (US$85), this life-like woman's lap is just the thing to relieve the lonely Christmas blues.
As Mitsuo Takahashi of the manufacturer Trane KK, points out, the Hizamakura, or lap pillow, fulfills a primal need. "From the time people were kids, people have laid their heads on their mothers' laps to get their ears cleaned," he said.(!!)
But single ladies needing a snuggle needn't feel left out either. Introducing the "Boyfriend Arm Pillow". Guaranteed not to snore, drool or run of with a younger woman this friendly pillow with a price tag of 8000 yen (about US$76) consists of a stuffed headless torso and an arm to curl around the user.
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