Emperor Day
So, I saw the Emperor. About 10 seconds into his appearance, I waved my flag with so much enthusiasm that the "Hinomaru" launched away from the stick it was on and into the throngs. Thus, I picked up my cell phone to take some footage while the yelling was going on.
Behold:
(This is very similar to Dennis Moffett's video of December 23rd, except the resolution from my phone is significantly worse -- however, you can hear some good enthusiastic shouts at about 14 secs in!)
Following that (very similar to what I posted exactly one year ago) a bunch of us went to Yasukuni Shrine to pray for the spirits of everyone who's ever died in wars (with a special emphasis on the Japanese side of things).
After the shrine, we hit the "Sapporo Lion Beer Hall" which has been in operation since 1899.
posted by Kevin @ 1/03/2008 12:48:00 AM
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whoa that is some crazy flag waving! :-)
How come we didn't go to sapporo beer lion hall last year? I love beer!!
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hey keV, thanks for the well wishes. we may try to make a last ditch effort to see the great fish market of tokyo on our way back. it will be very early on the 16th I think. maybe we can meet up.
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where's the kleeber update?
that is a huge glass of beer. so we all know that america is the fattest country in the world. but are there really fat people in japan? besides sumo wrestlers. take some pictures!
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