on Richie

"Jerusalem, which both Israelis and Palestinians consider their capital[...]"

what a bitch!

"Kitsunetsuki (狐憑き or 狐付き; also written kitsune-tsuki) literally means the state of being possessed by a fox.
[..]
Symptoms include cravings for rice or sweet red beans, listlessness, restlessness, and aversion to eye contact."

got the word from the page on Fushimi-Inari Shrine in "Illustrated Must-See in Kyoto"

что в Мельбурне бесплатно, в Сиднее и за деньги не купишь

"Shokuzai", which we praised earlier, will be screened out of competition at the upcoming Venice Film Festival.
There is a full bucket of spoilers in the article by the link and a nice youtube trailer... But an interested reader better go to d-addict's torrent, download and watch...

https://twitter.com/Capit0lism/status/234467940274171905/photo/1

the best thing on the net nowadays
at least for some people)

16/04/73, Tokyo
[at the gathering at the anniversary of Kawabata death Mr. Serisawa shared that] Mr. Kawabata told him how out of place he felt among the Western writers, for it is their practice, he said, but not that of Orientals, to write of human beings. But is not Komako (in Snow Country) a human being, asked Mr. Serisawa. No, said Mr. ( Read more... )

http://www.google.com/intl/en-US/landing/japanview/#cherryblossoms

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