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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Sea turtles like this leatherback dragging itself up an Indian Ocean beach are threatened by a host of human activities.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Nicolas Maclean at his London residence,  in front of calligraphy done by fomrer Japanese Prime Minister Yasuhiro Nakasone]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Visitors to the Royal Tyrrell Museum in Drumheller, Alberta, are greeted at the entrance by this awesome replica of an Albertosaurus (above), a former province inhabitant when the Badlands (below) were lush swamps.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Though research has found warabi to be mildly poisonous, a few shoots a year aren't likely to kill you.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A manually operated pontoon that functions as a tributary ferry]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2002/04/27/people/harry-cheng/</loc>
		<lastmod>2002-04-27T09:01:13+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Harry Cheng]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Hiyashi endo boasts flavor and nutrition to boot.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2002-05-03T09:00:07+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Leaf-cutter ants haul chunks of foliage bigger and heavier than themselves along pheromone trails back to their nest, where they farm edible fungi on the composted vegetation.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2002/06/20/travel/where-green-peach-blossomed/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[The area around the Kanda River northwest of Edo, in an 1830s' woodcut print by Hasegawa Settan (above), and the same area pictured in the Meiji Era (below), with the raised banks of the river and the Sekiguchi Basho-an, where the wooden statue of the poet (bottom) is enshrined.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2002/06/21/lifestyle/bringing-the-classrooms-to-the-children/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Carlo Capua (top left) and Doug Brittain work with Justin Somi (bottom left) and Maine Winny (bottom right) to bring cheer to elementary-school children on Sado Island.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2002/06/22/people/shilpa-gandhi/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Natto]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2002/06/25/travel/the-monks-and-the-markets-of-mandalay/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A smoker takes a cigar break.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
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		<lastmod>2002-06-27T09:00:13+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA["Eternal Darkness: Sanity's Requiem" features Alexandra Roivas, whose sanity is always on the edge.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2002/06/27/environment/japans-farmers-start-to-go-green/</loc>
		<lastmod>2002-06-27T09:00:33+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[These cows on Eiji Kotani's farm in Hokkaido are rare in that they are fed on grass. Kotani hopes that his farming methods mean the only kiken (danger) comes from the electric fence.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2002/06/27/environment/a-temple-park-and-heian-pond-in-one/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Kiku-ga-jima (Chrysanthemum Island) in the Heian Period pond garden of Osawa-ike (above) at Daikakuji Temple in Kyoto, where this "sacred tree" (below) grows on the pond's other island. Nearby is a splendid  grove of giant timber bamboo (bottom).]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Reiko Itami]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2002/06/30/food/i-brewed-it-my-way/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[At opposite ends of the microbrew scale are the Ginga Kogen Beer brewery in Nasu, Tochigi Prefecture (above) and TY Harbor Brewery in Shingawa, Tokyo, where Brewmaster kazunaga Abe and chef David Chiddo pose proudly.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2002/06/30/food/a-sparkling-alternative/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Guiness may be good for you -- but beer it isn't.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2002/06/30/food/some-beer-to-call-your-own/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A shop assistant shows off some of the wide selection of homebrewing supplies available at the Tokyu Hands store in Shibuya, Tokyo.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2002/06/30/food/back-to-lounge-life-as-usual/</loc>
		<lastmod>2002-06-30T09:01:34+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Mi-chan has returned home and reopened Vive La Vie, where an eclectic mix of lounge lizards come to relax.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2002/06/30/food/spice-it-up-with-a-little-or-a-lot-of-heat/</loc>
		<lastmod>2002-06-30T09:01:43+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Amanagato, the long sweet chilies of Fushimi, Kyoto Prefecture]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2002/06/30/food/thirsty-yet-head-this-way/</loc>
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		<lastmod>2002-07-04T09:00:04+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[fe20020704cwa.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Mr. President in the trust's woodland (above), where the lack of old hollow trees for birds to nest in is being overcome with nest boxes for larger species, like these Ural owls (below), and nest pots for smaller ones, like this great tit (bottom).]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2002/07/04/digital/summertime-fun-to-seek-avoid/</loc>
		<lastmod>2002-07-04T09:00:10+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2002/07/04/digital/the-simpsons-on-dvd-hi-fi-americana/</loc>
		<lastmod>2002-07-04T09:00:21+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2002/07/04/environment/welcome-to-the-worlds-most-successful-societies/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Wood-ant nests like this can be hundreds of years old and house up to 500,000 individuals and their "cows."]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2002/07/05/environment/swallowtail/</loc>
		<lastmod>2002-07-05T09:00:06+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2002/07/05/lifestyle/bringing-our-schools-out-into-the-open/</loc>
		<lastmod>2002-07-05T09:00:37+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2002/07/05/language/our-yankii-are-different-from-your-yankees/</loc>
		<lastmod>2002-07-05T09:01:34+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2002/07/05/language/equal-but-different/</loc>
		<lastmod>2002-07-05T09:02:00+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2002/07/06/people/hajime-mori/</loc>
		<lastmod>2002-07-06T09:02:36+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Hajime Mori]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2002/07/07/food/rooting-for-the-nutritious-fruits-of-the-earth/</loc>
		<lastmod>2002-07-07T09:00:18+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[fg20020707rla.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Beni-zuiki is the stalk of a type of potato but is packed with calcium and potassium.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2002/07/07/food/the-lord-of-the-dance/</loc>
		<lastmod>2002-07-07T09:01:06+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2002/07/09/travel/chengdu-sichuans-city-of-contrasts/</loc>
		<lastmod>2002-07-09T09:00:22+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2002/07/11/digital/undead-moving-into-town/</loc>
		<lastmod>2002-07-11T09:00:30+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[nc20020711ska.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[In "WarCraft III" the orcs, humans and undead all want to rule the world.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2002/07/11/environment/knowing-the-silent-sense-of-self/</loc>
		<lastmod>2002-07-11T09:00:39+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[fe20020711a1a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Monkeys prevented from seeing their own hand except on a monitor can nevertheless manipulate a tool, suggesting that they have a mental body image, and a sense of self.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2002/07/11/environment/diving-and-biking-to-eco-awareness/</loc>
		<lastmod>2002-07-11T09:00:48+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2002/07/11/environment/osakas-peaceful-heart/</loc>
		<lastmod>2002-07-11T09:02:24+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[At Osaka's splendid 26-hectare Japanese garden at Expolands (top), rafts of lotus (above) now bloom where Expo 70's pavillions once stood. A great way to view Expolands is from high in the canopy, by strolling along Sorand (below), a 300-meter walkway between three and 10 meters above the ground.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2002/07/12/lifestyle/cultivating-tradition/</loc>
		<lastmod>2002-07-12T09:00:03+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[For Maggie Slaton, rice planting is one way to understand local farming practices.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2002/07/12/environment/giant-centipede/</loc>
		<lastmod>2002-07-12T09:02:25+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2002/07/13/people/ciaran-murray/</loc>
		<lastmod>2002-07-13T09:00:49+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Ciaran Murray]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2002-07-14T09:00:11+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Drunkard owners Paul (left) and Derrick, with Kenji behind the bar]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2002-07-14T09:00:15+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[News photo]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2002/07/14/food/uncorking-female-potential/</loc>
		<lastmod>2002-07-14T09:00:58+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Sommelier hisako Igo, with husband Hideyuki, is the creative force behind Kissako.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2002/07/18/digital/net-based-control-system-reality-today/</loc>
		<lastmod>2002-07-18T09:00:02+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[The stadium in Pusan used for last month's soccer World Cup was just one of Echelon's most recent projects.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2002/07/18/travel/an-oasis-beckoning-on-the-shoguns-hill/</loc>
		<lastmod>2002-07-18T09:00:20+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[fe20020718sea.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Edo folk are shown catching fireflies on rice paddies by the Kanda River in this 1830s woodcut print in Tokyo's Shinjuku Ward.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2002/07/18/digital/wrestlemania-x8-stone-cold-fun/</loc>
		<lastmod>2002-07-18T09:00:39+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2002/07/18/environment/factory-fishing-threatens-marine-stocks/</loc>
		<lastmod>2002-07-18T09:01:00+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2002/07/18/environment/trees-wondrous-ways-of-turning-over-a-new-leaf/</loc>
		<lastmod>2002-07-18T09:02:19+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[fe20020718mba.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Like Europe's common beech, the Mongolian oak of northern Japan poses a botanical puzzle with its reluctance to shed its rustling brown leaves in winter.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2002/08/09/environment/chestnut-tiger/</loc>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2002/08/10/people/wayne-hunter/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A plot of land largely devoid of greenery in Tokyo's Setagaya Ward lies ready for a new apartment complex.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2002/08/15/travel/history-still-alive-on-the-old-nakasendo/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[The Nakasendo in Sugamo as woodblock print artist Settan saw it in the 1830s (Top), and a remnant of its rural past (above), where a sign in this old shop's window reads: "Tokyo Seed and Seedlings Company."]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Peter Grilli]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2002/08/18/food/a-good-place-to-keep-cool/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[The layout (and laid-back vibe) of Rude Boy Cafe makes it a good choice  for summer, when, of course, you're not at the beach.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2002/08/18/food/quick-kitchen-revision-before-term-begins/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Now's the time to learn to love goya, the gourd that's native to Okinawa.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Our love for chocolate is no recent thing.  It goes back more than 2,500 years.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Though catching them wasn't always easy, they were eventually immobilized with wings crossed (below)]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[These 1830s woodcut prints by Hasegawa Settan vividly portray the Jan. 1 procession of a samurai lord toward the Otemon Gate of Edo Castle, to celebrate the new year with the shogun. Visitors today, icluding this couple on Monday's Coming of Age Day (bottom), can tread in those same footsteps to view the Hakuchobori Moat (below) and part of the Imperial Gardens.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[After falling as sparkling crystals (above), long-term snow accumulations (below) can significantly affect trees by breaking off branches and influencing which species can grow.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2003/01/31/food/reunited-with-past-loves-oh-how-sweet-they-are/</loc>
		<lastmod>2003-01-31T09:00:00+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Sakae Ishikawa wanted ``to return what I learned to young people'' after his years as a student and as a researcher.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2003/02/02/travel/sexuality-takes-a-suggestive-form-in-eden/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[The lush Vallee de Mai (above); the voluptuous coco de mer nut]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2003/02/06/digital/gimme-that-old-time-religion/</loc>
		<lastmod>2003-02-06T09:00:27+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2003/02/06/environment/to-feed-or-not-to-feed/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A pygmy woodpecker boosts its calorie intake from a basket of flat hung to help small birds survive winter.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2003/02/06/environment/delving-deeper-into-the-snows/</loc>
		<lastmod>2003-02-06T09:02:02+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Adellle penguins (above) in "watermelon snow" splashed red by algae on the Antarctic Peninsula. A wood in winter (below), where snow's weight often acts as a "selective pressure" by snapping off weak or drying branches.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2003/02/08/people/faith-bach/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Faith Bach holds a Ph.D. from Oxford and has written a book in Japanese on kabuki.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Hiroyuki Nishimura, operator of the discussion Web site 2 Channel, says the site gets some 20 million hits a day.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Kuzukiri no kuromitsu is a traditional washoku dessert, but a splash of shoyu offsets the sweetness.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Run, don't walk, to snap up a bottle of aged Petite Sirah.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[J.A. Stam]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[The granite outcrops of the Seychelles are typical of the archipelago.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2003/02/17/language/the-art-of-making-excuses/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Connie Chung has become the hottest item in American television journalism.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Budgerigars (above), chickens and ostriches (below) are just a few of the avians humans rely on in innumerable ways.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2003/06/20/food/surprising-secret-of-bordeauxs-success/</loc>
		<lastmod>2003-06-20T09:01:32+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[fg20030620mca.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Wine snobs have always loved Bordeaux. When wines from the cellar of Maxims were auctioned off in 1997, 12-bottle lots of Mouton-Rothschild 1945 (front) were listed at $19,200 and Haut-Brion (center) from $4,500.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2003/06/21/people/maria-anderson/</loc>
		<lastmod>2003-06-21T09:01:49+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2003/06/22/travel/to-the-sacred-temple-city-in-the-clouds/</loc>
		<lastmod>2003-06-22T09:00:03+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Kongobuji, the head temple at Koya-san]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2003/06/26/lifestyle/follow-me-down-frank-and-the-chamber-of-fear/</loc>
		<lastmod>2003-06-26T09:01:24+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2003/06/26/environment/a-rare-and-rocky-treat/</loc>
		<lastmod>2003-06-26T09:01:40+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Striped susuki grass (top) makes the shore of the expanse of rounded gray stones forming the garden's Kukai (Sea of Hardships). Yellow-flowered hypericum (above) tumbles over a boulder beside the garden's river of stones. A magnificent hogan gaki fence (bottom) set in a mosay glade.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2003/06/26/environment/shrimp-farms-pawns-in-ecosystem-destruction/</loc>
		<lastmod>2003-06-26T09:01:58+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Fresh-caught shrimps (above) may set  a gastronome's juices flowing, but the tasty tidbits are often farmed in ponds created after coastal mangrove forests in Southeast Asia have been cleared (below).]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2003/06/27/food/prepare-for-lift-off-destination-the-stars/</loc>
		<lastmod>2003-06-27T09:01:41+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[The Star Bar shines brightest in the firmament of the 51st floor of Mori Tower.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2003/06/28/people/darius-hecq-cauquil/</loc>
		<lastmod>2003-06-28T09:00:42+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Darius is known across France by just his first name. Below, "Mediterranean Gods I."]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2003/06/29/travel/catching-the-paris-underground/</loc>
		<lastmod>2003-06-29T09:00:45+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Meet 6 million grinning has-beens in the catacombs of Paris]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2003/07/03/lifestyle/learning-firsthand-about-rice-cultivation/</loc>
		<lastmod>2003-07-03T09:00:26+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2003/07/03/environment/who-says-all-factories-have-to-be-eyesores/</loc>
		<lastmod>2003-07-03T09:00:35+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[The wasteful, expensive and environmentally unfriendly concrete dams and sluices (above) ordered by bureaucrats are the only blights on a marvelous project that includes manmade ponds (below) where many factory workers spend their breaks chatting and watching fish.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2003/07/03/environment/what-a-week-that-was/</loc>
		<lastmod>2003-07-03T09:00:54+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Whooper swans guarding their nest in Iceland make their feelings clear (top and above) as Mark Brazil gets close, while another pair with a cygnet (below) keep their eyes peeled.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2003/07/03/environment/large-field-mouse/</loc>
		<lastmod>2003-07-03T09:03:07+09:00</lastmod>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2003/07/04/food/little-myanmar-in-big-tokyo/</loc>
		<lastmod>2003-07-04T09:03:06+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[For a taste of Myanmar head to Takadanobaba, where food stores (above) and restaurants such as Cafe Rendezvous (below) will whet your appetite. At the Irrawaddy general store (bottom) you can buy copies of Japan's five Myanmar-language publications.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2003/07/05/people/david-helfgott/</loc>
		<lastmod>2003-07-05T09:01:58+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[David Helfgott tickles the ivories as his fiancee, Gillian, turns the sheets shortly before their marriage in 1984.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2003/07/06/travel/the-linden-city-turns-over-a-new-leaf/</loc>
		<lastmod>2003-07-06T09:01:07+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[The Old City Hall (Yoko Hani Photos)]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2003/07/10/digital/draculas-open-house/</loc>
		<lastmod>2003-07-10T09:00:26+09:00</lastmod>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2003/07/10/lifestyle/big-george-and-the-seventh-knight-bang-on-the-door-animals/</loc>
		<lastmod>2003-07-10T09:00:51+09:00</lastmod>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2003/07/10/environment/one-mans-battle-against-mighty-monsanto/</loc>
		<lastmod>2003-07-10T09:01:23+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Percy Schmeiser]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2003/07/10/language/lets-all-open-a-window-and-see-what-happens/</loc>
		<lastmod>2003-07-10T09:02:51+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2003/07/10/environment/know-what-you-eat/</loc>
		<lastmod>2003-07-10T09:03:09+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2003/07/12/people/marina-gruenhage/</loc>
		<lastmod>2003-07-12T09:02:52+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Marina Gruenhage]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2003/07/13/food/out-of-the-way-but-never-too-far/</loc>
		<lastmod>2003-07-13T09:00:06+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[After S'ayak co-owner Jamie Schmitz (Jude Brand Photo)]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2003/07/13/travel/the-cumbrian-sense-of-fair-play/</loc>
		<lastmod>2003-07-13T09:02:55+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Horse and rider go hurtling through the Eden River. (Paxton Images)]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2003/07/17/environment/humble-marvels-of-nature/</loc>
		<lastmod>2003-07-17T09:02:05+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[One of Japan's 24 species of bumblebees feeds on a flower's nector.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2003/07/17/travel/exploring-a-once-bleak-medieval-upland/</loc>
		<lastmod>2003-07-17T09:02:07+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Hachiman Shrine at Togoe/Togoshi, in an 1830s print by Hasegawa Settan.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2003/07/17/environment/red-fox/</loc>
		<lastmod>2003-07-17T09:03:05+09:00</lastmod>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2003/07/18/food/summertime-and-sipping-is-easy/</loc>
		<lastmod>2003-07-18T09:01:53+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[No bottles were left unemptied at the writer's  recent tasting of Moscato d'Asti]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2003/07/19/people/yuki-horibe/</loc>
		<lastmod>2003-07-19T09:03:04+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Yuki Horibe gets set for a dive in the Indian Ocean.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2003/07/20/travel/get-in-touch-with-your-inner-tarzan/</loc>
		<lastmod>2003-07-20T09:03:10+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[The athletics course at Shimizu Koen (Alice Gordenker Photos)]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2003/07/24/digital/the-pirate-planner/</loc>
		<lastmod>2003-07-24T09:00:06+09:00</lastmod>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2003/07/24/lifestyle/fox-stravaganza-city-of-masks/</loc>
		<lastmod>2003-07-24T09:01:50+09:00</lastmod>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2003/07/24/environment/making-a-bee-line-for-green-living-throughout-japan/</loc>
		<lastmod>2003-07-24T09:02:30+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[fe20030724sha.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Some of the riders on last summer's BEE trip through Japan.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2003/07/26/people/kay-yamada/</loc>
		<lastmod>2003-07-26T09:01:43+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Kay Yamada is a designer of women's wear as well as a horticulturist and garden designer whose Barakura English Garden in Nagano Prefecture proved so popular that approved imitations have opened around the country.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2003/07/27/travel/close-up-with-a-cathar/</loc>
		<lastmod>2003-07-27T09:00:30+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A view of the Cathar citadel of Carcassone (Paxton Images)]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2003/07/27/food/yet-another-reason-to-head-to-roppongi/</loc>
		<lastmod>2003-07-27T09:02:17+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Party people live it up at Heartland in Roppongi. (Jude Brand Photo)]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2003/07/31/environment/alpine-black-swallowtail/</loc>
		<lastmod>2003-07-31T09:02:02+09:00</lastmod>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2003/07/31/environment/whats-natural-about-shizen/</loc>
		<lastmod>2003-07-31T09:02:10+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[fe20030731a1a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Horse sashimi on the hoof (above) grazing on beautiful -- but "unnatural" -- pastures on the Oki Islands. One of the Oki Islands' endangered Japanese wood pigeons perches against an an ocean backdrop (below).]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2003/07/31/lifestyle/guest-teachers-build-barrier-free-minds/</loc>
		<lastmod>2003-07-31T09:02:25+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2003/07/31/language/when-in-doubt-just-blame-it-on-the-wind/</loc>
		<lastmod>2003-07-31T09:02:40+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2003/07/31/environment/busy-by-astonishing-design/</loc>
		<lastmod>2003-07-31T09:02:45+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Misleadingly named on two counts, the dwarf azalea (above and below) -- whose range extends through Asia, Europe and North America -- is neighter an azalea nor even as large as a dwarf  variety, but a tiny, delicate member of the genus Rhododendron.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[On entering the garden, visitors are greeted by this miniature mountain landscape of China's Mount Lu Shan with, at its base, a lotus pond whose banks are planted with unusual higanbana spider lilies. Their leaves all die off before the plants' red flowers appear on long stalks in autumn.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2003-12-05T09:00:55+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Some of the daruma figurines on sale around the ancient Kawasaki Daishi Temple (above) and the present view across the Tama River to Kawasaki.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Electrical goods superstores tower over the streets of Akihabara which are lined with shops selling everything from computer games to kitchen appliances to computer spare parts.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Kumamoto's magnificent castle.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A red fox on the prowl (above and below) in Hokkaido's winter wonderland]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A Lakeland shepherd with some of his flock (above); A Neolithic stone circle against a backdrop of fells (bottom); grazing with a view (below); and looking over (Ullswater lake (top).]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2003-12-25T09:02:11+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A painter sits in the Japanese garden of Shinjuku Gyoen (above), and neatly clipped red pine trees cast shadows on a Japanese-style lawn]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2003/12/25/language/be-good-to-your-rice-and-your-rice-will-be-good/</loc>
		<lastmod>2003-12-25T09:02:12+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Sunset over Lake Biwa, whose northern reaches now abound in visitor attractions.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2003/12/26/food/round-bout-midnight/</loc>
		<lastmod>2003-12-26T09:00:57+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[The cup of Tokyo New Year bashes runneth over this year: DJ Johan Gielen (who will be on the decks at Velfarre) and the dance floor at Ageha.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2003-12-27T09:00:12+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2004/01/03/people/atsuko-deroy/</loc>
		<lastmod>2004-01-03T09:01:28+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Atsuko DeRoy]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2004/01/04/environment/its-time-to-stop-looting-japans-tree-treasures/</loc>
		<lastmod>2004-01-04T09:01:04+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[The author, nata not menacingly in hand, by a beech he planted 20 years ago in what is now the C.W. Nicol Afan Woodland Trust in Kurohime, Nagano Prefecture.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2004/01/08/environment/corporate-americas-attack-on-common-sense/</loc>
		<lastmod>2004-01-08T09:00:28+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2004-01-08T09:00:35+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2004/01/09/food/dont-settle-for-just-any-old-port-in-a-storm/</loc>
		<lastmod>2004-01-09T09:00:40+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[The town of Oporto (above) and the steep vineyards of the Douro Valley.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2004/01/09/travel/the-great-treasure-hunt/</loc>
		<lastmod>2004-01-09T09:01:56+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Shoppers examine old kimono and used clothes (above) at the Setagaya Boroichi flea market in Tokyo, which attracts around 800,000 people searching for antiques to craft goods to bric-a-brac.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2004/01/10/people/rosemary-wright/</loc>
		<lastmod>2004-01-10T09:01:32+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2004/01/15/digital/green-man-hulks-his-weight-about/</loc>
		<lastmod>2004-01-15T09:00:05+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2004/01/15/environment/jelly-blob/</loc>
		<lastmod>2004-01-15T09:00:36+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2004/01/15/environment/miyake-man-leaves-a-legacy-of-inspiration/</loc>
		<lastmod>2004-01-15T09:00:44+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2004/01/15/lifestyle/meiji-schoolhouse-offers-lessons-in-history/</loc>
		<lastmod>2004-01-15T09:00:46+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2004/01/15/environment/an-island-alone-that-is-worlds-apart/</loc>
		<lastmod>2004-01-15T09:01:29+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[The isolated wonderland of Yakushima (bottom right), whose climates, flora and fauna truly render it worthy of the adjective "unique." Among the latter, the island is outstanding as home to the world's oldest tree, a Yaku sugi like this (right), as well as noisy herds of sika deer (above).]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2004/01/16/travel/lost-nambu-citadel-of-the-north/</loc>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2004/01/17/people/robert-tsonos/</loc>
		<lastmod>2004-01-17T09:01:18+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Robert Tsonos]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2004/01/22/language/the-shitagidorobo-from-criminal-to-fashion-critic/</loc>
		<lastmod>2004-01-22T09:00:13+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2004-01-22T09:00:21+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2004-01-23T09:01:25+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A skier's oasis, Snodeck (above) boasts pizza and atmosphere to rival any bar. Owners Lorne and Kylie welcome everyone from Tokyo city slickers to four-footed locals.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2004-01-23T09:01:48+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Sunset at Toi (above); hikers pass through the 446-meter-long Kyu-Amagi tunnel.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2004-01-24T09:01:31+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2004-01-29T09:00:09+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2004-01-29T09:01:16+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2004-01-29T09:01:40+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2004-01-30T09:00:06+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Just off Kagurazaka's main street, Edo Period alleys have surprises like this ryotei and ryokan round every turn.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2004-01-30T09:01:05+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A lady labels crabs at Karo Port.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2004-01-31T09:01:53+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Frederick Harris, who blends the techniques of "sumi-e" and watercolor, travels around Japan with his sketchbook always at the ready.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2004/02/05/environment/here-comes-the-arctic-sun/</loc>
		<lastmod>2004-02-05T09:00:24+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Tromso's first sunup since November, on Jan. 21]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2004/02/05/lifestyle/the-pig-scrolls-blood-red-horse/</loc>
		<lastmod>2004-02-05T09:01:09+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2004/02/05/environment/deers-tasty-demise-helps-them-too/</loc>
		<lastmod>2004-02-05T09:01:22+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Waseda University students read The Japan Times during a class given by Norio Hozaki.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Benoit Monier at Les Caves Taillevent (above) recommends serving Reserve Grand Annee Rose to your loved one, but Vineland is a cheap date with this still-tasty Parigot Cremant de Bourgogne Rose.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[At Tokyo National Museum in Ueno Park (above), visitors feast their eyes on its lovely garden while dining in its stylishly revamped restaurant, L'accord.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2004/03/18/lifestyle/wartime-stories-of-schoolkids-on-the-move/</loc>
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		<lastmod>2004-03-20T09:02:30+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Caption here]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Among the sights to see in Shimabara are its castle (above); some of the thousands of koi that give it the name "Town of Swimming Carp"]]></image:caption>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[fg20040409wca.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Riedel produces more than 80 types of customized wine glass. At the center of the selection is the Sommelier Burgundy glass (above), which has a place in the design collection of the Museum of Modern Art, New York; A customer experiences a "glass tasting" at Riedel's Aoyama office.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Yati Irsan]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[For some, an ascent of Nagoya's TV tower (above) may be a high point of their visit; for others it may be Osu Kannon Temple.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2004-05-13T09:00:15+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2004-05-13T09:01:21+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[The monument on the quayside at Shimoda (above) commemorating "the Arrival of U.S.N. Commodore Perry's Squadron" there in 1854; Ryosenji Temple where Perry and shogunal officials negotiated the Shimoda Treaty in 1854.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2004/05/20/lifestyle/schools-sounding-false-alarms-over-child-safety/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Japan's most commonly seen  tanuki]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2004/05/21/travel/osakas-west-side-story/</loc>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2004/05/22/people/yuichiro-nakajima/</loc>
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		<lastmod>2004-05-27T09:01:20+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2004/05/28/travel/ancient-port-of-quiet-delights/</loc>
		<lastmod>2004-05-28T09:01:15+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Ukimido Temple (above) standing on stilts sunk into the bed of Lake Biwa; the three-story pagoda and a hall at the beautiful Mildrea Temple complex.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
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		<lastmod>2004-05-28T09:02:45+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Bar Jap has a real rock star, Daisuke Aizawa (above), for a manager, and a devoted crowd of regulars.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2004/05/29/people/shu-hikosaka/</loc>
		<lastmod>2004-05-29T09:00:10+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2004/05/30/travel/on-a-desert-driveabout-in-search-of-somewhere/</loc>
		<lastmod>2004-05-30T09:02:30+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[fv20040530hma.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Sowa pan, one of the Makgadikgadi salt pans that attract millions of flamingoes, pelicans and water fowl.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2004/06/03/digital/sims-creator-always-unique/</loc>
		<lastmod>2004-06-03T09:00:21+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2004/06/03/environment/our-woodlands-magic-is-a-joy-to-behold/</loc>
		<lastmod>2004-06-03T09:00:24+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2004/06/03/language/shall-we-meet-at-sutaba-tsutaya-or-the-dogs-tail/</loc>
		<lastmod>2004-06-03T09:01:34+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2004/06/04/travel/down-by-edos-lost-canal/</loc>
		<lastmod>2004-06-04T09:02:51+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Korakuen's renowned arched stone bridge designed for Lord Tokugawa's garden by Chinese cholar Zhu Shun Shui (1600-82)]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2004/06/05/people/roger-mcdonald/</loc>
		<lastmod>2004-06-05T09:01:05+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2004/06/10/environment/kicking-up-a-storm-over-climate-change/</loc>
		<lastmod>2004-06-10T09:00:36+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2004/06/10/environment/snout-butterfly/</loc>
		<lastmod>2004-06-10T09:01:08+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2004/06/11/travel/serendipity-in-the-sticks/</loc>
		<lastmod>2004-06-11T09:00:51+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2004/06/11/travel/mind-your-step-at-cu-chi-a-tourist-trap-with-a-twist/</loc>
		<lastmod>2004-06-11T09:02:03+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2004/06/12/people/martin-katz/</loc>
		<lastmod>2004-06-12T09:02:54+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2004-06-17T09:00:11+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2004/06/17/lifestyle/when-the-summer-vacation-is-just-too-long/</loc>
		<lastmod>2004-06-17T09:00:15+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2004-06-17T09:00:16+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2004/06/18/travel/enjoy-a-taste-of-bosos-byways/</loc>
		<lastmod>2004-06-18T09:02:14+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Shozo Miya (above), sixth-generation head of his family's soy sause-makers, among vats in the factory built in 1871; the Miya Shoyuten merchant's house and storehouse.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2004/06/19/people/kohei-yamada/</loc>
		<lastmod>2004-06-19T09:00:10+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Kohei Yamada]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[I. Marek Kaminski, having traveled the world since leaving communist Poland in 1972, will return to the new EU member this summer full of hope.]]></image:caption>
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