Sazae-san

By Tokyo Ern I had been looking forward to walking around here to check out the Machiko Hasegawa Museum and Sazae-san Street. I probably don't have to explain who Machiko Hasegawa or Sazae-san is to my Japanese readers, but for those of you who are ...

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