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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Goyard's flashy show window is at the street level of new store Loveless (above); dingy tunnels lead down to the basement floors of the new emporium.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2004-08-14T09:01:57+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Yuko Ono (in hat) and students visit London this month during the annual trip to the English resort of Folkestone.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2004-08-19T09:01:52+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2004-08-19T09:03:06+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2004-08-20T09:02:45+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Yamadera (above) is a collection of some 40 small temples nestled in the forested mountainside; Kaminoyama Onsen holds a yukata beauty contest in front of Kaminoyama Castle.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2004-08-21T09:01:55+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2004-08-26T09:00:15+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2004-08-26T09:02:06+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2004-08-27T09:01:01+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[The dramatic peak of Sakurajima at sunrise (Above); freshly-boliled crabs for sale at a harbor market.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2004/08/27/food/pures-first-anniversary/</loc>
		<lastmod>2004-08-27T09:02:05+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2004/08/27/food/nice-guy-dj-spins-it-nasty/</loc>
		<lastmod>2004-08-27T09:02:36+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2004/08/28/people/david-springett/</loc>
		<lastmod>2004-08-28T09:01:49+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2004/09/02/lifestyle/a-gathering-light-the-coldest-day-in-the-zoo/</loc>
		<lastmod>2004-09-02T09:00:00+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2004/09/02/environment/ravens-shamans-and-shrooms/</loc>
		<lastmod>2004-09-02T09:00:27+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A tamago dake (Caesar's amanita) emerging in our Kurohime woods shows why its Japanese name means  "egg mushroom".]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2004/09/03/travel/enshrined-in-the-modern-world/</loc>
		<lastmod>2004-09-03T09:00:33+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A quartet of silk-robed dancers on stage with the Sanno Park Tower behind.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2004/09/04/people/elizabeth-gardiner/</loc>
		<lastmod>2004-09-04T09:00:56+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Elizabeth Gardiner gives her Japanese student visitors "puite intense" experiences in only a short time.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2004/09/09/digital/return-of-the-plant-people/</loc>
		<lastmod>2004-09-09T09:00:10+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2004/09/09/environment/barn-swallow-tsubame/</loc>
		<lastmod>2004-09-09T09:01:10+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2004/09/10/style/traditions-mingle-underfoot/</loc>
		<lastmod>2004-09-10T09:00:09+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Wa, for women (above), and kabuku Limited for men, are two models in Timberland's new Kabuku series.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2004/09/10/food/imbibing-without-the-pain/</loc>
		<lastmod>2004-09-10T09:01:38+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[For some people, red wine means headache pain.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2004/09/11/people/matthew-zuckerman/</loc>
		<lastmod>2004-09-11T09:01:08+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Matthew and Mieko Zuckerman]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2004/09/16/environment/the-changes-that-come-what-may/</loc>
		<lastmod>2004-09-16T09:01:06+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[The Cley-next-the-Sea nature reserve, on England's north Norfolk coast, provides sanctuary to birds such as the little egret (below) and avocet (far below).]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2004/09/16/language/womanlike-manlike-beware-what-you-ask-for/</loc>
		<lastmod>2004-09-16T09:01:07+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2004/09/16/lifestyle/reading-out-loud-renaissance-falls-upon-deaf-ears/</loc>
		<lastmod>2004-09-16T09:01:34+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2004/09/17/travel/shiroyama-bravely-battles-on/</loc>
		<lastmod>2004-09-17T09:01:21+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Hachioji Castle's reconstructed bridge (above); the Hachioji Shrine.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2004/09/18/people/ian-nish/</loc>
		<lastmod>2004-09-18T09:01:17+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Ian Nish]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2004/09/19/travel/wat-a-middle-aged-way-not-to-get-so-wet/</loc>
		<lastmod>2004-09-19T09:01:07+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Songkran fun in Bangkok]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2004/09/23/digital/high-octane-crash-and-burn/</loc>
		<lastmod>2004-09-23T09:00:07+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2004/09/23/lifestyle/the-world-came-to-my-place-today-faerie-wars/</loc>
		<lastmod>2004-09-23T09:00:12+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2004/09/23/environment/good-stuff-people-and-advice-on-how-to-tailor-your-consumption/</loc>
		<lastmod>2004-09-23T09:00:37+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2004/09/23/environment/herring-gull/</loc>
		<lastmod>2004-09-23T09:00:55+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2004/09/24/food/hiding-in-the-heart-of-babylon/</loc>
		<lastmod>2004-09-24T09:00:14+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[The DJs and customers of Zion]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2004/09/24/travel/northern-delights-of-sapporo/</loc>
		<lastmod>2004-09-24T09:01:26+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[The 19th-century red-brick exterior of the Sapporo Brewery (above); pioneer-style wooden buildings in the botanical garden.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2004/09/24/food/another-world/</loc>
		<lastmod>2004-09-24T09:01:33+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2004/09/25/people/joan-burk/</loc>
		<lastmod>2004-09-25T09:00:26+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Joan Burk]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2004/10/01/travel/up-and-down-the-byways-of-yotsuya/</loc>
		<lastmod>2004-10-01T09:02:04+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Akasaka Detached Palace]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2004/10/02/people/wayne-crothers/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Wayne Crothers, a lecturer at Musashino Art University in Tokyo, uses "traditional woodblock techniques with a modern outlook" to make works that have been bought by important collections around the world.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2004/10/07/digital/a-prince-in-time-saves-nine/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Casual wine-tasting at home, involving a blind tasting, can be fun and informative.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Edward Suzuki shows his flair and mastery in favoring "the intermediate area between the outside and the inside."]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2004/10/14/language/new-options-raise-the-stakes-in-the-name-that-baby-game/</loc>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2004/10/15/travel/heres-to-the-mother-of-all-matsuri/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[One of the highlights of the Hitachi Furyumono festival from Hitachi City, Ibaraki Prefecture, is a puppet play performed on a huge five layered float.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2004/10/17/travel/venturing-intrepidly-to-a-tropical-idyll/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A lifelike model of a huge Komodo dragon on Bintan Island,]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2004/10/21/lifestyle/disabled-children-at-regular-schools-inclusion-isnt-easy/</loc>
		<lastmod>2004-10-21T09:00:55+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2004/10/21/environment/on-the-woodland-trail-of-sprites-and-fungal-delight/</loc>
		<lastmod>2004-10-21T09:02:01+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Sometimes known as the Barometer Earthstar, this puffball's split, petal-like skin segments curl outward in damp conditions and inward when it is dry, so accounting for its name.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[The Harley in Takadanobaba is a bike lover's haven, but if you rode in on your bike, you better make it straight soft drink, no chaser. Above: The owner's Heritage Softail Harley-Davidson, wheeled back inside every night after closing.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2004/10/23/people/thi-diu-nguyen/</loc>
		<lastmod>2004-10-23T09:01:30+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Thi diu nguyen wanted to be an Enhlish teacher but couldn't find a job and so entered banking, rising to a top post.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2004/10/28/environment/where-the-candidates-stand-on-your-environment/</loc>
		<lastmod>2004-10-28T09:01:24+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2004/10/28/language/for-japanese-family-names-are-the-worst-growing-pains/</loc>
		<lastmod>2004-10-28T09:03:27+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2004/10/30/people/michael-holmes/</loc>
		<lastmod>2004-10-30T09:00:13+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[fl20041030vka.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Michael holmes was one of the CNN crew members attacked in Iraq in January, and expects to return there.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2004/11/04/digital/nintendo-ds-a-wacky-winner/</loc>
		<lastmod>2004-11-04T09:00:19+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2004/11/04/lifestyle/how-i-live-now-news-photo/</loc>
		<lastmod>2004-11-04T09:00:52+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2004/11/04/language/thinking-of-naming-your-baby-spiderman-think-again/</loc>
		<lastmod>2004-11-04T09:01:15+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2004/11/04/environment/captivity-conundrum-over-spared-bear/</loc>
		<lastmod>2004-11-04T09:01:53+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Winny eyes me, but seems not to remember me.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2004/11/06/people/marsha-rosenberg/</loc>
		<lastmod>2004-11-06T09:03:13+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Marsha Rosenberg]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2004/11/12/food/great-red-hope-found-at-coco/</loc>
		<lastmod>2004-11-12T09:00:28+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[fg20041112wca.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Winemaker Bruce Gutlove stands in the vineyard of Coco Farm and Winery; left: bottles of experimental micro-lots, used to get the taste just right.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2004/11/12/travel/shinjuku-blossoms-in-many-ways/</loc>
		<lastmod>2004-11-12T09:02:49+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[This wood-block print depicts the Yotsuya Okido boundary gate in Shinjuku.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2004/11/13/people/tsutomu-kasai/</loc>
		<lastmod>2004-11-13T09:03:11+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Tsutomu Kasai calls it his mission through his gardens to point the way to balanced tranquillity in the world.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2004/11/18/digital/best-game-yet-for-the-xbox/</loc>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2004/11/18/language/something-meaningful-to-sink-your-teeth-into/</loc>
		<lastmod>2004-11-18T09:01:48+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2004/11/18/lifestyle/the-right-way-to-teach-values-in-school/</loc>
		<lastmod>2004-11-18T09:03:09+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2004/11/19/style/ginza-bites-the-big-apple/</loc>
		<lastmod>2004-11-19T09:00:40+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Barneys New York has settled into a spacious pad in the Ginza district of Tokyo.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2004/11/20/people/kazuko-siazon/</loc>
		<lastmod>2004-11-20T09:01:03+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Kazuko Siazon]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2004/11/21/travel/taking-on-the-kalaharis-wilderness-of-wonder/</loc>
		<lastmod>2004-11-21T09:03:04+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[fv20041121hma.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Khaudum is home to some of the world's largest elephant herds -- although this is not one of them.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2004/11/25/environment/spoonbill/</loc>
		<lastmod>2004-11-25T09:00:23+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2004/11/25/environment/now-may-be-the-time-to-finesse-u-s-bully/</loc>
		<lastmod>2004-11-25T09:01:16+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2004/11/26/food/where-creative-juices-flow-in-tokyo/</loc>
		<lastmod>2004-11-26T09:01:14+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Architects Astrid Klein (above) and Mark Dytham at the entrance to their creative space, SuperDeluxe.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2004/11/26/travel/into-nagoya-and-onto-inuyama/</loc>
		<lastmod>2004-11-26T09:01:32+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[fv20041126a1a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Inuyama Castle standing proudly above Kiso River.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2004/11/27/people/yumiko-tanaka/</loc>
		<lastmod>2004-11-27T09:02:40+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[fl20041127vka.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Yumiko Tanaka, whose dancing has been broadcast across India, now is composing original dances that illustrate Japanese stories and poems.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2004/12/02/digital/the-biggest-game-of-the-year/</loc>
		<lastmod>2004-12-02T09:00:08+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2004/12/02/environment/apres-le-deluge/</loc>
		<lastmod>2004-12-02T09:00:29+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[fe20041202cwa.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Theo Tori River (with Kurohime mountain behind) in 1998, three years after river construction (above); The same view from my study last month shows the bouldered banks' tree growth.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2004/12/03/travel/its-a-stroll-in-a-park-to-find-the-old-yoyogi/</loc>
		<lastmod>2004-12-03T09:01:05+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A ceiling of leaves at Yoyogi Park]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2004/12/04/people/toshiaki-hiwatari/</loc>
		<lastmod>2004-12-04T09:00:27+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Toshiaki Hiwatari loves yoga for the same reasons he loved roaming the Hyogo hills as a boy.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2004/12/09/language/confessions-of-a-biker-girl-those-were-the-days/</loc>
		<lastmod>2004-12-09T09:00:12+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2004/12/09/lifestyle/jonathan-strange-and-mr-norrell-abc-t-rex/</loc>
		<lastmod>2004-12-09T09:02:48+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2004/12/09/environment/long-tailed-tit/</loc>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2004/12/10/food/six-sure-fire-gift-ideas-for-fellow-wine-lovers/</loc>
		<lastmod>2004-12-10T09:00:00+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[While they're not cheap, wine fridges with sliding shelves are a must-have for any serious wine-lover.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2004/12/10/travel/getting-holy-in-wakayama/</loc>
		<lastmod>2004-12-10T09:00:16+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Japan's largest rock garden (above) and the Okunoin Cemetery.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2004/12/11/people/bill-hemmer/</loc>
		<lastmod>2004-12-11T09:02:42+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Bill Hemmer]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2004/12/14/travel/mongolia-land-of-yesterday-and-tomorrow/</loc>
		<lastmod>2004-12-14T09:00:07+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2004/12/16/lifestyle/reflections-on-rich-learnings-we-all-shared/</loc>
		<lastmod>2004-12-16T09:01:50+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
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		<lastmod>2004-12-16T09:03:30+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Bewick's swans (above) display on O-numa lake on a migratory stopover between Siberia and Honshu; The extraordinary "Bird Tree" town monument at Otoineppu is likely the only place on earth to find beautifully carved wooden birds of all types from all over the world perched together.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A mouth-watering mini-turkey.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2004/12/18/people/julia-carabias-lillo/</loc>
		<lastmod>2004-12-18T09:01:38+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Julia Carabias Lillo]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2004/12/19/travel/a-tourist-jaunt-to-horrors-past/</loc>
		<lastmod>2004-12-19T09:00:14+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[The bridge over the River Kwai]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2004/12/23/environment/spending-the-planet-into-eco-bankruptcy/</loc>
		<lastmod>2004-12-23T09:00:59+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2004/12/23/environment/rock-ptarmigan/</loc>
		<lastmod>2004-12-23T09:01:56+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2004/12/24/food/the-rundown-of-the-big-countdowns/</loc>
		<lastmod>2004-12-24T09:01:41+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Basement Jaxx at Freedom Village]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2004/12/25/people/robert-morton/</loc>
		<lastmod>2004-12-25T09:00:57+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Robert Morton gives scholarly talks comparing Queen Victoria and Emperor Meiji and is undertaking research on a book on Britain in the 19th century, his favorite period.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2004/12/30/environment/what-is-behind-shocking-hokkaido-bid-for-world-heritage-site-status/</loc>
		<lastmod>2004-12-30T09:00:04+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Akan NP is blessed with hot springs, sulfur springs on the slopes of Mount Iwo (top) and bokke mud pots beside Lake Akan -- as well as views like this from Mount Mokoto across Lake Kussharo (above).]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2004/12/30/digital/an-fps-for-the-thinking-man/</loc>
		<lastmod>2004-12-30T09:00:20+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2004/12/30/language/japan-gripped-by-obsession-with-pure-love/</loc>
		<lastmod>2004-12-30T09:02:06+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2005/01/01/people/f-w-de-klerk/</loc>
		<lastmod>2005-01-01T09:01:00+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2005/01/06/environment/buckwheat-booze-lifts-locals-spirits/</loc>
		<lastmod>2005-01-06T09:00:08+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Hiroshi Sakoda, whose idea it was to brew and distill shochu using local buckwheat, husks the grains (above) to prepare them for the still.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2005/01/08/people/lyn-hazzard/</loc>
		<lastmod>2005-01-08T09:01:29+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Lyn Hazzard with friend]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2005/01/13/lifestyle/the-time-wreccas-winnies-magic-wand/</loc>
		<lastmod>2005-01-13T09:00:09+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2005/01/13/digital/adult-fun-and-gore-galore/</loc>
		<lastmod>2005-01-13T09:00:17+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2005/01/13/environment/japanese-white-eye/</loc>
		<lastmod>2005-01-13T09:00:36+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2005/01/14/travel/kobe-picturesque-city-by-the-sea/</loc>
		<lastmod>2005-01-14T09:00:05+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[An old sailing ship and Kobe Port Tower]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2005/01/14/food/siphoning-the-cant-out-of-decanting/</loc>
		<lastmod>2005-01-14T09:00:13+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Above and below: decanting wines at home chez Vineland, with a decanter by the famous Austrian Riedel glassmaker in the center (below).]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2005/01/15/people/jamie-mclnnes/</loc>
		<lastmod>2005-01-15T09:00:41+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/fl20050115vka.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[fl20050115vka.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Jamie Mclnnes]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2005/01/16/travel/theres-white-gold-on-them-thar-african-isles/</loc>
		<lastmod>2005-01-16T09:00:05+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/fv20050116hmb.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[fv20050116hmb.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Tiny Bird Island in South Africa is home to around 36,000 Cape Gannets and 10,000 Common Terns, along with many other birds and a few befuddled Jackass Penguins.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2005/01/20/environment/wondrous-fall-whiteout-heralded-a-warming-winter-of-discontent/</loc>
		<lastmod>2005-01-20T09:00:09+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A male member of one of Japan's 28 species of fuyushaku (winter moth)]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2005/01/20/language/examining-the-exotic-ins-and-outs-of-marrying-a-foreigner/</loc>
		<lastmod>2005-01-20T09:01:42+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2005/01/21/travel/new-look-for-mitsukoshi-hq/</loc>
		<lastmod>2005-01-21T09:00:27+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[fv20050121a1b.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Hip boutique Via Bus Stop dominates the second floor]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2005/01/22/people/harry-sweeney/</loc>
		<lastmod>2005-01-22T09:00:22+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/fl20050122vka.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[fl20050122vka.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Harry Sweeney and his wife knew nothing about Japan when they were brought to rural Hokkaido to set up a business in breeding racehorses.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2005/01/27/environment/sobering-study-spells-out-the-global-crisis/</loc>
		<lastmod>2005-01-27T09:00:18+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2005/01/27/environment/bull-headed-shrike/</loc>
		<lastmod>2005-01-27T09:00:29+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[fe20050127ata.jpg]]></image:title>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2005/01/27/digital/wonderfully-easy-on-the-eyes/</loc>
		<lastmod>2005-01-27T09:00:42+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2005/01/28/travel/otherworldly-okinawan-capital/</loc>
		<lastmod>2005-01-28T09:00:00+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[fv20050128a1a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[The Seiden main hell of Shuri castle]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2005/01/29/people/margaret-powell/</loc>
		<lastmod>2005-01-29T09:01:31+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Margaret Powell says volunteer work overseas with GAP gives young people "practical insights into caring for less fortunate people and the opportunity to explore their own capacities for personal growth."]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2005/02/03/environment/no-ends-in-sight-to-quell-matsukis-rage/</loc>
		<lastmod>2005-02-03T09:00:13+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[fe20050203cwa.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[A younger Old Nic and hunting friends (above) in the Kurohime woods with hares on our mindsand in our sights (below left) ...and in the bag (below right).]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2005/02/03/lifestyle/pirates-mammalabilia/</loc>
		<lastmod>2005-02-03T09:00:24+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2005/02/04/travel/ancient-asakusa-still-central-to-community/</loc>
		<lastmod>2005-02-04T09:00:25+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[fe20050204sea.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[1830s artist Hasegawa Settan's print shows an Edo Setsubun festival]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2005/02/05/people/kerel-zebrakovsky/</loc>
		<lastmod>2005-02-05T09:00:19+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/fl20050205vka.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[fl20050205vka.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Kerel Zebrakovsky]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2005/02/10/environment/jungle-crow/</loc>
		<lastmod>2005-02-10T09:00:12+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[fe20050210ata.jpg]]></image:title>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2005/02/10/language/learning-how-to-make-the-most-of-middle-age/</loc>
		<lastmod>2005-02-10T09:00:26+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2005/02/10/digital/a-treasure-for-the-game-boy/</loc>
		<lastmod>2005-02-10T09:01:13+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[nc20050210ska.jpg]]></image:title>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2005/02/11/travel/brr-diving-in-atami-in-winter/</loc>
		<lastmod>2005-02-11T09:00:12+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/fv20050211a1a.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[fv20050211a1a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Gazing at coral reefs in full regalia]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2005/02/11/style/sweetest-temptations/</loc>
		<lastmod>2005-02-11T09:00:22+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/fl20050211mwd.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[fl20050211mwd.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Pierre Herme]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2005/02/17/environment/natural-numbers-games/</loc>
		<lastmod>2005-02-17T09:00:20+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/fe20050217mbb.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[fe20050217mbb.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[The Japanese Ratsnake is a common large snake in woodlands and on field edges, where it is a prominent rodent hunter.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2005/02/18/travel/pristine-paradise-an-hour-from-tokyo/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Depicting a canal scene]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[The traditional way to enjoy Absinthe, the Belle Epoch's aperitif of choice, is to add chilled water drizzled over sugar cubesuntil the liquid turns a bright milky green. Modern clubbers sometimes first dose the cubes with Absinthe and then set them alight.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Kirk R. Patterson spent two years bicycling from Europe to Africa after failing to get into any college.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Your intrepid correspondent under attack from nesting Arctic terns on inner Farne Island, where headgear is a must.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Sathya Saran has been key in promoting the Miss India contest, which "gives shape to aspirations of health, beauty and intelligence," building up the morale of women.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2005/07/28/environment/oriental-long-headed-locust/</loc>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2005/07/28/environment/moves-afoot-to-counter-u-s-big-oils-clout/</loc>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2005/07/28/language/cram-schools-cash-in-on-failure-of-public-schools/</loc>
		<lastmod>2005-07-28T09:01:13+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2005/07/29/travel/caving-in-to-the-gods/</loc>
		<lastmod>2005-07-29T09:00:06+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A view into Takachiho Gorge.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2005/07/29/travel/70-and-still-a-catch/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Tsukiji auctions begin at 4:30 a.m., when some 400 varieties of fish and seafood are bartered for at Tsukiji's 20 auction pits. Beforehand, tuna are lined up in rows for wholesalers to inspect.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2005/07/30/people/michiyo-durt-morimoto/</loc>
		<lastmod>2005-07-30T09:00:25+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Michiyo Durt-Morimoto loves brilliant color, and her works demonstrate a sense of movement and change.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2005/08/05/travel/ready-for-a-party/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A guardian dog.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2005/08/12/style/a-little-more-love-is-in-store-for-you/</loc>
		<lastmod>2005-08-12T09:00:00+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[The bright and open interior, replete with rusty garden furniture and stuffed animals.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2005/08/12/food/keeping-your-wines-alive-in-the-heat/</loc>
		<lastmod>2005-08-12T09:00:18+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Warehousing firm Terrada has recently opened a wine storage facility offering everything from 3000-bottle cellars to 280-bottle "lockers."]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2005/08/13/people/koka-fukushima/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Koka Fukushima, though her parents wanted her to stay at home, has given ikebana demonstrations and workshops in over 40 countries.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2005/08/18/environment/what-a-curious-wonder-the-walrus-is/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Sindhura Gadde lived as a teenager in New Zealand, where she tried bungee jumping and sky diving.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2005-08-25T09:00:02+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[The two-tiered vermillon pagoda at Kitain Temple.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Built in 1443, the Hotel Schiefes Haus is officially listed as the most crooked hotel on the planet.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2005/09/01/digital/three-cheers-for-cheerleaders/</loc>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2005/09/01/lifestyle/cross-your-heart-connie-pickles-hunters-heart/</loc>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2005/09/01/environment/learning-to-enjoy-where-waters-flow-free/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A sign erected by the local authority beside the Torii River near my house screams "Caution!!" and warns people away from the area when it is raining due to "a risk of flood or landslide." But is this really nature education?]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2005/09/01/language/peace-scholarship-looks-to-resourceful-students/</loc>
		<lastmod>2005-09-01T09:01:04+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2005-09-02T09:00:36+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A few of the hundreds of seated wooden Rakan figures created by the Edo Period sculptor Shoun Genkei on display at the Gohyaku Rakan Temple in Tokyo's Meguro district.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2005/09/03/people/will-carter/</loc>
		<lastmod>2005-09-03T09:00:03+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[fl20050903vka.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Will Carter says that to be a photographer, you need "an eye, a sympathy and understanding of your subjects, understanding of light."]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2005/09/08/environment/eight-map-butterfly/</loc>
		<lastmod>2005-09-08T09:00:23+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2005-09-09T09:00:14+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[The interior of the newly opened allodi-R.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2005/09/09/food/hail-vouvray-aristocrat-of-the-wine-world/</loc>
		<lastmod>2005-09-09T09:00:22+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[fg20050909wca.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[The Conrad Hotel's 2,000-bottle wine cellar holds hidden treasures, including a dry Vouvray that sommerlier James Devereux pours by the glass.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2005/09/10/people/nobuko-somers/</loc>
		<lastmod>2005-09-10T09:01:35+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Nobuko Somers, shown in her graduation cap and gown, wrote "Japanese Art Signatures," which long has been an essential book for art students collectors]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2005/09/13/language/ms-the-word-in-high-pressure-popularity-stakes/</loc>
		<lastmod>2005-09-13T09:00:35+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2005/09/13/people/arihiro-and-kimiyo-fujita/</loc>
		<lastmod>2005-09-13T09:01:24+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Arihiro and Kimiyo Fujita]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2005/09/14/environment/taking-it-slowly-to-savor-eco-exploring/</loc>
		<lastmod>2005-09-14T09:00:41+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[fe20050914mba.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Yours truly paddles the family canoe]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2005/09/16/travel/warm-to-the-mild-port-city-of-numazu/</loc>
		<lastmod>2005-09-16T09:00:39+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Shown above is the Numazu Imperial Villa Park, constructed in 1893 as a resort for Imperial family]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2005/09/17/people/kingsley-rowe-potter/</loc>
		<lastmod>2005-09-17T09:00:10+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[June kingsley-rowe potter works with some of her child patients not long after first coming to Japan in 1964.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2005/09/20/style/fendi-furs-and-furnishings-humans-by-mike-mills-dark-baccarat-vera-wang-perfumes/</loc>
		<lastmod>2005-09-20T09:00:05+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2005/09/21/environment/ayu-sweetfish/</loc>
		<lastmod>2005-09-21T09:00:16+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2005/09/21/environment/putting-people-back-into-ecology/</loc>
		<lastmod>2005-09-21T09:00:20+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[fe20050921sha.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Nature may often seem as far removed to Tokyo residents as Mount Fuji looming from 110km away over the Shinjuku district, but in small ways such as this roof garden atop one of those skyscrapers, it is creeping back as awareness of its loss slowly grows.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2005/09/23/travel/war-and-peace-in-hiroshima/</loc>
		<lastmod>2005-09-23T09:02:07+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[fv20050923a1b.jpg]]></image:title>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2005/09/24/people/geraldine-twilley/</loc>
		<lastmod>2005-09-24T09:00:37+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[fl20050924vka.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Geraldine Twilley is the only woman in her department, and holds a tenured position -- unusual for a non-Japanese.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2005/09/25/travel/specters-of-alpine-delight/</loc>
		<lastmod>2005-09-25T09:00:08+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2005/09/27/people/radical-suzuki/</loc>
		<lastmod>2005-09-27T09:00:12+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Radical Suzuki]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2005/09/27/style/plusminuszero-cordless-phone-nendos-skiima-toshi-iwais-tenori-on-monaccas-bag-kaku/</loc>
		<lastmod>2005-09-27T09:00:33+09:00</lastmod>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2005/09/27/style/breathe-deep-dont-worry-its-only-o2/</loc>
		<lastmod>2005-09-27T09:01:40+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[fs20050927a1a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Intrepid yet claustrophobic reporter Alice Gordenker (below) about to be zipped into a hyperbaric oxygen capsule at Angel 02 salon in Roppongi.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2005/09/28/digital/nba-street-aint-got-game/</loc>
		<lastmod>2005-09-28T09:00:04+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[nc20050928rpa.jpg]]></image:title>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2005/09/28/environment/multi-multiethnic-holland-grows-old-together/</loc>
		<lastmod>2005-09-28T09:01:44+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/fe20050928a1a.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[fe20050928a1a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[The De Schildershoek public nursing home in The Hauge, where 60 percent of clients were born overseas and respect for cultural identity is a top priority.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2005/09/30/travel/cosmopolitan-city-comes-to-life/</loc>
		<lastmod>2005-09-30T09:00:27+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Kunchi Festival (above); a statue at the Peace Park; and the 26 Martyrs Memorial.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2005/09/30/food/the-taste-of-tosa-in-tokyo/</loc>
		<lastmod>2005-09-30T09:00:48+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[fg20050930a1a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[The Kuroshio set menu (above) and regional sake on offer at the Shibuya branch of Neboke, a restaurant specializing in Tosa cuisine]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2005/09/30/travel/embracing-traditions/</loc>
		<lastmod>2005-09-30T09:00:48+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2005/10/01/people/lena-heslin/</loc>
		<lastmod>2005-10-01T09:00:05+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Lena Heslin's husband fashioned her wedding ring from a gold shoe buckle he found while diving.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2005/10/04/language/at-what-point-is-a-child-being-too-active/</loc>
		<lastmod>2005-10-04T09:00:29+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2005/10/04/lifestyle/barkbelly-the-sign-of-the-black-dagger/</loc>
		<lastmod>2005-10-04T09:00:46+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2005/10/05/environment/sad-drumbeats-in-the-wilderness/</loc>
		<lastmod>2005-10-05T09:01:01+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[The engineer of the M.V. Radium Gillbert with one of the lake's renowned huge pike thet he lended.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2005/10/07/travel/battle-losses-to-fashion-victims/</loc>
		<lastmod>2005-10-07T09:00:33+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Hikawa Shrine]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2005/10/08/people/conor-hanratty/</loc>
		<lastmod>2005-10-08T09:02:07+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Conor Hanratty at an ancient Greek theater]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2005/10/09/travel/not-much-to-declare-about-andorra/</loc>
		<lastmod>2005-10-09T09:00:26+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2005/10/12/environment/striped-diving-beetle/</loc>
		<lastmod>2005-10-12T09:00:38+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2005/10/14/style/trendy-naka-meguro-is-on-the-bals/</loc>
		<lastmod>2005-10-14T09:02:06+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[The spacious second floor of Bals Tokyo in Naka-Meguro.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2005/10/15/people/man-zhuang/</loc>
		<lastmod>2005-10-15T09:01:44+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Man Zhuang has already shown her mezzotint prints in shows from Bangkok to Bulgaria]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2005/10/18/style/e-m-s-the-message-lift-position-blackpain-wristwatches-soe-in-naka-meguro/</loc>
		<lastmod>2005-10-18T09:00:14+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[e.m.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2005/10/18/people/mika-noguchi/</loc>
		<lastmod>2005-10-18T09:01:09+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Mika Noguchi]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2005/10/18/language/girls-in-need-of-direction-get-it-from-the-comics/</loc>
		<lastmod>2005-10-18T09:01:28+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2005/10/19/environment/autumn-sees-predators-in-action/</loc>
		<lastmod>2005-10-19T09:00:07+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A praying mantis subdues a hawk moth on Socheong-do, a South Korean island off the coast of North Korea. Sightings such as this usually happen by pure chance.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2005/10/22/people/margarita-carrillo-de-salinas/</loc>
		<lastmod>2005-10-22T09:01:58+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Margarita Carrillo de Salinas]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2005/10/25/style/yamahas-electric-cycles-toshibas-wearable-star-series-naoto-fukasawas-aroma-pot-aus-penck-the-boing-collection/</loc>
		<lastmod>2005-10-25T09:00:18+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Yamaha]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Kabira Bay may be the most attractive spot on Ishigakijima Island, Okinawa, but with swimming forbidden, its appeal is in what lies beneath the surface of its blue seas.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[COUNTDOWN SPINNERS -- (from above): Tobias Thomas, Ken Ishii, Thomas Fehlmann and Emma are some of the many DJs who will be spinning in the new year.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Shi Yu Chen]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2005/12/25/travel/born-to-be-wild/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Donald Keene]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Kouichi Okamoto]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Gen Okamoto uses "masterly processes" to "infuse traditional with contemporary attitudes," says his former art professor in Los Angeles.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2006/01/03/lifestyle/immunize-yourself-the-natural-way/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Our woodsman Mr. Matsuki on a new bridge we built in our woods' water garden in October 2004, with other views (below) of its waterways, ponds and falls just after clearance and construction was completed.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[One delicious way to beat the cold is to pair a big red wine from southern France with the region's specialty -- cassoulet. And a great place to sample that in Tokyo is at Lauburu in Minami-Aoyama, overseenby veteran chef Shinichiro Sakurai (below).]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2006/01/13/travel/aichi-prefecture-shows-the-glory-of-culture-industry-past-and-present/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Nagoya castle is the symbol of Nagoya, originally built in 1612 by the founder of Tokugawa shogunate and rebuilt in 1959 after being destroyed in World War II.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2006-01-18T09:00:28+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2006/01/20/travel/hitting-the-ski-slopes-in-class/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-01-20T09:00:00+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[The view from the slopes of Niigata's Mt. Ogenashi is truly a sight for sore eyes.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2006/01/21/people/alexei-rumiantsev/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-01-21T09:00:02+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Alexei Rumiantsev, born in St. Petersburg, has made it his mission to keep alive the music of America a century ago.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2006/01/24/people/hisayo-takano/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-01-24T09:00:23+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Hisayo Takano]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2006/01/24/style/docomos-d902i-phone-signeos-mp3-player-rooshopper-tote-bags-tepcos-cooking-heater-stand-kamimakiki/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[DoCoMo]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2006/01/25/environment/saving-our-environment-one-step-at-a-time/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-01-25T09:00:05+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2006-01-27T09:00:01+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2006-01-31T09:00:09+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2006-02-01T09:00:04+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2006/02/03/travel/counting-nakano-among-the-best/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-02-03T09:00:15+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Broadway, Nakano-style (above); cosplay outfits such as these are on sale at Broadway and can cost more than 20,000 yen.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
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		<lastmod>2006-02-04T09:00:05+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Dave Bockmann is a founder of Washington Fair Share, the largest independent, state-wide citizen action group in the Pacific Northwest.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2006/02/05/travel/relax-like-the-romans-and-poach-with-panache-until-youre-loose-as-a-goose/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-02-05T09:00:16+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2006-02-07T09:00:04+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2006/02/07/lifestyle/how-japan-became-no-1/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-02-07T09:00:09+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2006/02/08/environment/mud-shrimp/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-02-08T09:00:02+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2006/02/10/food/napa-vineyards-survive-deluges/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-02-10T09:00:03+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Michiko Kohga, who says she was "taught to be interested in the body, not just the head," has had yoga and spiritual training -- "Doing all those things empowered me."]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2006/02/14/people/nobuko-mitsumori/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-02-14T09:00:00+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2006/02/14/language/unwrapping-the-nonsense-of-valentines-day/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-02-14T09:00:07+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
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		<lastmod>2006-02-15T09:00:09+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Brown dippers in the riverine world to which they are so well adapted, and where even in the depths of a Hokkaido winter (below) they still seem to be enjoying themselves as they plunge into icy streams to take a walk on the bed and root out the larvae on which they feed.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2006/02/15/environment/japan-times-wins-award-for-animal-rights-coverage/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-02-15T09:00:22+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[The HSUS's Genesis Awards program]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2006/02/17/style/tokyos-major-drag-redefined/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-02-17T09:00:00+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[The atrium of Omotesando Hills.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Mami Yamada's newest book, a science-fiction fantasy, uses only the 948 English words taught in middle school.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Actress Sae Isshiki]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2006-02-22T09:00:10+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[The Saemangeum Estuary in South Korea as it is projected to look when the massive 40,100-hectare landfill project is completed, so condemning that region to follow many parts of Japan into environmental bankruptcy.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2006-02-24T09:00:00+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Happy patrons at Yatai (above) and Slow Jam in Nakameguro]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2006-02-24T09:00:00+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Ski trails define the slopes of the mountain Annupuri (above); log cabins above Higashiyama offer Nordic lodging options.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2006/02/28/language/to-learn-the-japanese-language-get-pod-agogical/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[The idyllic ocean view from my hotel window (above) is in sad contrast to that on the landward side, where dying pines are evidence of a serious and dangerous blight that no one seems to be addressing.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Remote even by Namibian standards, the Caprivi Strip bordering Angola, Zambia, Botswana and Zimbabwe straddles one of Africa's major elephant migration routes. As a result, sightings like this are to be had at almost every turn, while among the area's many ancient baobabs (below), one hollowed-out giant was even fitted with a flush toilet during a period of British colonization.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2006/03/11/people/akane-okamoto-kaminski/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-03-11T09:00:48+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2006/03/14/people/minori-kitahara/</loc>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2006/03/14/lifestyle/who-is-paying-the-price-of-health-care/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-03-14T09:00:04+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2006-03-14T09:00:46+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2006/03/15/environment/whats-making-a-noise-in-the-woods/</loc>
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		<lastmod>2006-03-22T09:00:23+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2006/03/22/environment/self-interest-and-those-greenland-pigs/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[The Los Angeles city skyline is shrouded in smog in this July 15, 2003 photo which shows why the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency made the LA basin the only U.S. "severe" pollution category region. Biogeographer Jared Diamond warns that environmental problems have destroyed societies in the past, "and they are even more likely to do so now."]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2006-03-24T09:00:13+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2006/03/25/people/ken-nimori/</loc>
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		<lastmod>2006-03-28T09:00:10+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Offi]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2006/03/28/language/modern-teaching-tools-capitalize-on-japan-cool/</loc>
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		<lastmod>2006-03-31T09:00:15+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Though Matsumoto Castle in Nagano Prefecture, built in the 16th century, never actually saw any military action, it is regularly besieged by tourists.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Josephine Branders]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Estuarine crocodiles like these still cruise the coastal mangroves, but the massive reptiles are now largely gone from other areas of the Mekong Delta in Vietnam.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2006-04-04T09:00:09+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Massaging the right pressure points can do a world of good, but finding the right therapist isn't easy.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2006-05-26T09:01:55+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2006/06/03/people/theodore-skillman-and-paul-guilfoile/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-06-03T09:00:51+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Theodore Skillman, shown with his daughter, was born and raised in Tokyo, and introduced the concept of specialized personal and business stationery to Japan.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2006/06/04/travel/time-to-kill-but-not-mosquitoes/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-06-04T09:01:18+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Vitor Azevedo and his wife Anneline, whose Safari Hoek reserve is home to some of Africa's best trophy animals]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2006/06/06/style/design-doyenne-still-sets-aesthetic-agenda/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-06-06T09:00:06+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Grand Dame of design Andree Putman (above) found fame with New York boutique hotel Morgans and its black-and white bathrooms (below top). More recently she has taken on projects such as the Gildo Pastor Center in Monaco (1996).]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2006/06/06/lifestyle/from-the-sole-a-new-soul/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-06-06T09:00:16+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Reflexology charts the way the feet are connected to other parts of the anatomy. Applying pressure to specific points on the foot, the practice is believed to relieve congestion or imbalance in corresponding parts of the body.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2006/06/07/environment/have-nots-put-elite-twits-to-shame/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-06-07T09:00:28+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Making woodchips the easy, but very noisy way, from logs and branches trimmed out to improve our woods.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2006/06/09/food/coaxing-true-delights-from-a-desert/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-06-09T09:00:13+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Formed during the last Ice Age, the sedimentary deposits of the Columbia Valley in eastern Washington state provide an ideal growing environment for grapevines.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2006/06/10/people/stephen-salyer/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-06-10T09:00:47+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Stephen Salyer]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2006/06/13/language/world-cup-commentary-a-whole-new-ball-game/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-06-13T09:00:12+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2006/06/13/style/the-beautiful-game-inspires-sartorial-sins/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-06-13T09:00:17+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2006/06/13/style/tiffany-gehry-collaboration-commes-des-garcons-for-speedo-oliver-goldsmith-eyewear/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-06-13T09:00:19+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Tiffany &amp; Co]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2006/06/13/people/suzue-akashi/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-06-13T09:00:59+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Suzue Akashi]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2006/06/14/environment/cattle-egret/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-06-14T09:00:57+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2006/06/16/food/old-tipple-with-new-spirit/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-06-16T09:01:06+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[With more than 400 brands of shochu on its shelves, Sasakura has become one of the best Kagoshima-area bars in which to sample local brands.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2006/06/17/people/mitsuru-yamazaki/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-06-17T09:00:43+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Mitsuru Yamazaki]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2006/06/20/lifestyle/a-swelling-dispute-over-our-waistlines/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-06-20T09:01:00+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[fs20060620a3a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[The stomach on the left has an 87-cm circumference, the one on the right 95 cm. Which on would put you at risk of diabetes, a stroke or a heart attck? Both, according to the Health, Labor and Welfare Ministry.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2006/06/21/environment/surprise-sightings-waiting-to-be-made/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-06-21T09:00:32+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[fe20060621mba.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Birdwatching on the South Korean island of Socheong-do had already yielded numerous exciting sightings when our  sit-and-wait approach really paid off as these deer emerged from trees nearby. We identified them as North American wapiti though we were unable to find out how they came to be there.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2006/06/23/food/here-for-your-a-muse-ment/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-06-23T09:00:30+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[fg20060623jbb.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Nishi Azabu Bar Muse is a cavernous labyrinth packer with plenty of eye-candy for both boys and girls.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2006/06/23/travel/the-garden-of-earthly-delight/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-06-23T09:00:50+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[fv20060623a1a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[A wooden arched bridge spans one of the ponds at Ritsurin Koen (above); and a carefully manicured pine in Ritsurin Koen.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2006/06/27/style/pbjs-smartcaddie-kais-kitche-shears-dainippon-type-organizations-writing-accessories-nussha-japanware/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-06-27T09:00:30+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[fs20060627a2b.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Kai]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2006/06/27/people/tadanobu-tsunoda/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-06-27T09:00:38+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/fl20060627jka.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[fl20060627jka.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Tadanobu Tsunoda]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2006/06/27/language/colorful-proverbs-capture-a-peculiar-sensibility/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-06-27T09:01:01+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2006/06/28/environment/marine-management-is-all-at-sea/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-06-28T09:00:05+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[fe20060628sha.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Women put out fish to dry on the beach at Negombo, Sri Lanka. Worldwide, almost 20 percent of the animal protein consumed is seafood.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2006/06/28/environment/eight-barbel-loach/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-06-28T09:00:24+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[fe20060628ata.jpg]]></image:title>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2006/06/30/style/getting-the-write-stuff/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-06-30T09:01:06+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[The entrance to opulent pen boutique Shosaikan Aoyama (above); some of the 2,000 pens on display inside (below); letter sets from Smythson, supplier of stationery to the British aristocracy since 1887 (bottom)]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2006/07/01/people/mike-price/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-07-01T09:00:13+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Mike Price was featured performer in the documentary "Tokyo Blues," which highlighted jazz and blues musicians on the Tokyo scene.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2006/07/04/lifestyle/how-not-to-lose-your-cool-with-the-kids-this-summer/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-07-04T09:00:12+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[The Yukagir Mammoth is on display as part of "Warnings from Mammoth; Burning Forest, Melting Earth," at the Miraikan (National Museum of Emerging Science and Innovation) in Odaiba until Sept. 3.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2006/07/04/lifestyle/the-possum-always-rings-twice-a-chet-gecko-mystery-strange-happiness/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-07-04T09:00:14+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[The Possum Always Rings Twice: A Chet Gecko Mystery]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2006/07/05/environment/fond-memories-will-bloom-forever/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-07-05T09:00:17+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[The yamaboshi (Japanese dogwood) that Eiji planted beside the door of my house in Kurohime.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2006/07/07/travel/reach-for-the-sky/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-07-07T09:01:27+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A bridge spans the tidal lake at Kyu Yasuda Teien (above); Sumida Ward Office towers over Asahi Brewery's "objet"]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2006/07/08/people/richard-schwartz/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-07-08T09:00:08+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Richard Schwartz enjoys the sunrise from Mount Fuji.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2006/07/09/travel/wild-times-in-the-lost-world/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-07-09T09:00:41+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[One very angry black rhino exits the container (above) in which it was transported to the sale ring after being stunned by a tranquilizer dart. It then proceeds to destroy anything and everything it can.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2006/07/11/people/yoshiko-sakurai/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-07-11T09:01:21+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Yoshiko Sakurai]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2006/07/11/style/paula-ke-in-tokyo-uslu-airlines-comme-des-garcons-fragrances-and-more/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-07-11T09:01:52+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Paula Ke in Tokyo]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2006/07/11/language/multitasking-recluses-find-route-to-respectability/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-07-11T09:02:11+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2006/07/12/environment/jewelwing-damselfly/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-07-12T09:01:43+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2006/07/14/food/fine-tuning-washingtons-wines/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-07-14T09:01:05+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[fg20060714wca.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Former rock band manager Charles Smith's K Vintners winery makes hard-to-miss wines in Washington state, where grape producers grow dual-trunk vines and use trickle irrigation (below) to counter the region's harsh climate.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2006/07/14/food/a-tipple-or-two-on-top-of-the-world/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-07-14T09:02:08+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[fg20060714a1a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[XEX in Daikanyama (above) and Shibuya's Navi (below) offer respite above the wailing city.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2006/07/15/people/alison-pockett/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-07-15T09:01:02+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Alison Pockett]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2006/07/18/lifestyle/preventing-suicide-and-axing-overtime-pay-is-a-risky-mix/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-07-18T09:00:08+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2006/07/19/environment/home-comforts-in-a-natural-idyll/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-07-19T09:00:11+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2006/07/21/travel/waving-goodbye-to-the-city/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-07-21T09:00:43+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Beachgoers pose at Asia on Kamakura's Chuo Beach (above) and a musician washes his guitar at Zushi Beach.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2006/07/22/people/robert-erickson/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-07-22T09:00:34+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Robert Erickson]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2006/07/25/people/mariko-sakaida/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-07-25T09:00:56+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Mariko Sakaida]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2006/07/25/language/when-muzukashii-means-more-than-difficult/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-07-25T09:01:06+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
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		<lastmod>2006-07-25T09:01:08+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[There's no longer any need for the long drive to the mountains to enjoy a hot springs experience, as onsen like Zaboo in Azabu spurt up in the city. The addition of other services such as the hot-stone massage (below) are attributed with helping these urban spas gain acceptance among a discerning public.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2006-07-25T09:01:13+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Mobile Mouse]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2006/07/26/environment/galleyworm/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-07-26T09:00:00+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2006/07/26/environment/will-commons-sense-dawn-again-in-time/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-07-26T09:01:26+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2006-07-28T09:00:45+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Endorphin II in Shibuya is a music bar where owner Masahiko Ozaki (above, with assistant Linda Yamamoto) keeps the lights down low to enhance the aural pleasures.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2006/07/28/travel/window-on-the-west/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-07-28T09:01:17+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[The remains of the former Urakami Cathedral, which was Ground Zero of the atomic blast in Nagasaki (above); a clock at the Atomic Bomb Museum frozen at the fateful time of 11:02 a.m.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2006/07/29/people/deven-arora/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-07-29T09:00:16+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Deven Arora]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2006/08/01/lifestyle/parting-is-such-sweet-sorrow-and-sometimes-amusement/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-08-01T09:00:36+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2006/08/02/environment/cider-and-spots-in-my-haunts-of-old/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-08-02T09:00:47+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Farmer Julian hasler shows me some of the free-range Gloucester Old Spot pigs he raises in as organic a way as is feasible on his Great Larkhill Farm outside Tetbury in southwest England. Their meat has proved so popular that just one local butcher now takes 200 animals a year.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2006/08/04/travel/shibuyas-got-glamour-and-more/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-08-04T09:00:43+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[The dog Hachiko waits patiently outside Shibuya Station]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2006/08/05/people/renu-arora/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-08-05T09:00:52+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Renu Arora]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2006/08/08/language/osim-is-next-to-continue-sports-bully-tradition/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-08-08T09:00:06+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2006/08/08/lifestyle/keep-cool-while-on-the-go-this-summer/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-08-08T09:00:18+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[fs20060808a3b.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[On patrol (left); lonesome cowboy (middle); extra padding]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2006/08/08/people/setsuko-hashimoto/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-08-08T09:00:31+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[fl20060808jka.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Setsuko Hashimoto]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2006/08/08/style/style-wise/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-08-08T09:02:08+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[fs20060808a1a.jpg]]></image:title>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2006/08/09/environment/drone-beetle-kanabun/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-08-09T09:02:02+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[fe20060809ata.jpg]]></image:title>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2006/08/11/food/cravin-more-of-that-summer-wine/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-08-11T09:00:39+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[fg20060811a1a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[A selection of white wines available at The Oak Door in the Grand Hyatt in Roppongi. Pictured (left to right) are the Craggy Range Sauvignon Blanc, the Grosset Watervale Riesling, Kim Crawford Sauvignon Blanc and the Ravenswood Zinfandel.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2006/08/11/style/an-attack-of-the-cute-and-quirky/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-08-11T09:01:22+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[fl20060811mwa.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Star designer Eri Utsugi in the showroom of her newly launched brand mercibeaucoup; and (below) a poster advertising the opening of the brand's Aoyama store inside Omotesando station.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2006/08/16/environment/flourishing-on-nutrients-few/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-08-16T09:02:06+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Hikers cross "watermelon snow" in Hokkaido, caused by the presence of an algae rich in carotenoid pigment.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2006/08/18/travel/navigating-through-a-lost-world/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-08-18T09:00:57+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[fv20060818a1a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Sempiro Falls, one of the many waterfalls of Yakushima, is nestled in a valley on the island's southeast coast. Below, an ancient moss-covered  Japanese cedar tree heads skyward in Yakusugiland.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2006/08/19/people/robert-neff/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-08-19T09:00:26+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[fl20060819vka.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Robert Neff is author of the popular book "Japan's Hidden Hot Springs," the first watchdog for the Foreign Correspondents' Club of Japan, and president of the Tokyo alumni council of the American School in Japan.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2006/08/20/travel/medieval-gem-to-blow-you-away/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-08-20T09:00:20+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Heidelberg seen from the  castle (below), and a section of castle wall (above).]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2006/08/22/lifestyle/lets-dance/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-08-22T09:01:44+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2006/08/22/people/kazuaki-ohashi/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-08-22T09:01:50+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[fl20060822jka.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Kazuaki Ohashi]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2006/08/22/style/hisanobu-tsujimuras-kan-chair-the-en-bench-mujis-form-fitting-sofa-ken-watanabes-linkage-stool/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-08-22T09:02:00+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[The En bench]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2006/08/23/environment/forest-green-tree-frog/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-08-23T09:01:17+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2006/08/23/environment/bottled-water-and-problems-that-flow/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-08-23T09:01:19+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2006/08/24/lifestyle/the-fools-dance/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-08-24T09:02:05+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Hundreds of Awa Odori dancers parade in the Koenji Awa Odori festival in 2005.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2006/08/26/people/doreen-simmons/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-08-26T09:02:04+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Doreen Simmons atop the Sydney Harbor Bridge]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2006/08/29/lifestyle/tofu-magic-for-both-body-and-taste-buds/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-08-29T09:00:25+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[fs20060829a3a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Soy products have many reputed health benefits and conveniently comes in an astonishingly wide variety of forms, including noodle-like somen tofu (left) and "Charisma" tofu with whole soy beans.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2006/09/02/people/michael-gorman/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-09-02T09:01:44+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[fl20060902vka.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Michael Gorman goes wolf hunting in Mongolia last December. "My embonpoint is the result of many layers of clothing as it was minus 40 C when we set off at 3 a.m. from the ger," he said, adding, "Nothing like a Kalashnikov!"]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2006/09/05/lifestyle/the-monstrous-memories-of-a-mighty-mcfearless-the-year-the-gypsies-came/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-09-05T09:01:11+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[ek20060905pka.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[The Monstrous Memories of a Mighty McFearless]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2006/09/05/lifestyle/japan-born-stylist-brings-influence-to-bear-back-home/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-09-05T09:01:41+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2006/09/06/environment/tree-of-the-baskervilles/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-09-06T09:01:50+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[fe20060906cwa.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[The magnificent Lebanon cedar that towers over the lawn at Baskerville Hall in Hay-on-Wye in the Welsh border county of Powys. Probably planted around the time the hall was built in 1839, the tree would surely have also impressed Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, a friend of the Baskerville family who often stayed as a guest at the hall.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2006/09/08/food/staying-mellow-about-malo-wine/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-09-08T09:01:37+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[fg20060908wca.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[The label on one Californian Chenin Blanc maker's wine has brought it success due to the pun "Chard-no-way." Wines such as (below) the Stump Jump white, Elderton unoaked Chardonnay and Nepenthe Sauvignon Blanc are "zero-malolactic fermentation" wines emphasizing freshness and acidity (available through village-cellars.co.jp).]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2006/09/08/style/dover-street-shop-storms-into-tokyo/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-09-08T09:02:11+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[fl20060908mwa.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[The London store manager of Dover Street Market, Dickon Bowden (left), with set designer Michael Howells (center) -- who designed parts of the interior of the Tokyo branch -- and punk-era icon Michael Costiff who has a space featuring communist memorabilia (below) and ethnic knickknacks.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2006/09/09/people/alex-kerr/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-09-09T09:00:40+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/fl20060909vkb.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[fl20060909vkb.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Calligraphy by Alex Kerr of one of his favorite characters, "dragon," is one of many available for collecting.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2006/09/12/style/style-wise-2/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-09-12T09:00:05+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[fs20060912a1a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Topshop]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2006/10/03/lifestyle/each-little-bird-that-sings-the-girl-with-the-broken-wing/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-10-03T09:00:36+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Each Little Bird That Sings]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2006/10/04/environment/tackling-the-cedar-pollen-blight/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-10-04T09:01:54+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A towering wall of hogweed advances across an untended meadow behind my house in Kurohime, Nagano Prefecture. The cause is sheer neglect; the result is more pollen allergy -- and land rendered virtually useless.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2006/10/06/travel/animal-magic-in-the-jungle-of-setagaya/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-10-06T09:01:39+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Trainer coaxes his horse to rear on command in Baji Koen]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2006/10/07/people/satohiko-sasaki/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-10-07T09:02:02+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2006/10/11/environment/spangle/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-10-11T09:00:38+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2006/10/13/style/bringing-it-all-back-home/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-10-13T09:01:32+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[The interior of Modernica, Tokyo outpost of the United States' leading supplier of mid-century modern design, and the brainchild of MIST committee chairman Tetsumasa Suda]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2006/10/13/food/fall-in-for-some-wine-adventures/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-10-13T09:01:58+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Up to 10,000 people per day picnic and enjoy live jazz music at the annual Harvest Festival (top two) held at Coco Farm's winery outside the city of Ashikaga in Tochigi Prefecture each November. Pioneering Santa Barbara chef Jeremy Tummel (bottom, top) is one of the Californians making guest appearances in the kitchen of the Four Seasons hotel in Marunouchi from mid-October to early November. Wine buyer Jay Rodriguez (bottom) has built an extensive wine collection at Dean &amp; Deluca's store in Shinagawa.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2006-10-14T09:01:24+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Tetsuya Noda]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2006/10/17/lifestyle/visiting-a-theme-park-sure-beats-working-unless/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-10-17T09:01:42+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Children visiting the new Kidzania theme park play at being (top) fire fighters, Idemitsu gas station attendants (bottom, top) and chefs at a Pizza-La.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2006/10/18/environment/slow-down-to-savor-the-turning-seasons/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-10-18T09:02:00+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Sony]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2006-10-27T09:00:08+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2006-10-27T09:01:55+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2006/10/28/people/fumiko-tottori/</loc>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2006/10/31/lifestyle/slow-food-an-attitude-as-much-as-a-meal/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Many varieties of food may disappear as a result of the food industry's relentless pursuit of efficiency, through standardization and mass production, according to Natsu Shimamura, author of two books promoting the philosophy of the slow-food movement.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2006/11/07/lifestyle/when-santa-fell-to-earth-brooklyn-rose/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-11-07T09:01:33+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Thanko]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[on the move]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2007-01-16T09:00:28+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Ginkgo trees]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2007-01-19T09:00:57+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2007/01/20/people/dr-manny-sultan-and-yasuko-emmei-sultan/</loc>
		<lastmod>2007-01-20T09:00:46+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Dr. Manny Sultan and wife, Yasuko Emmel-Sultan]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2007/01/23/lifestyle/listen-to-your-nose-sniff-out-a-calming-custom/</loc>
		<lastmod>2007-01-23T09:00:14+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Kodo]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2007/01/24/environment/one-dive-at-a-time/</loc>
		<lastmod>2007-01-24T09:01:05+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[The bow of marine biologist Greg Stone's research ship, Braveheart, approaching the iceberg "Ice Palace" (above) in Antarctica; Stone was instrumental in establishing the Phoenix Islands Protected Area in the Pacific Ocean, the third largest sanctuary for marine wildlife on the planet. Here he is before a dive in the Phoenix Islands area.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[The breathtaking night view from Mount Hakodate]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2007/01/27/people/fujie-kagami/</loc>
		<lastmod>2007-01-27T09:00:39+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Fujie Kagami]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2007/01/30/people/yoko-yamada/</loc>
		<lastmod>2007-01-30T09:00:02+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Yoko Yamada]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2007/01/30/lifestyle/lend-an-ear-to-an-ancient-practice/</loc>
		<lastmod>2007-01-30T09:00:26+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[fs20070130a3b.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Ear candles]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2007/01/30/style/between-the-crafty-and-the-user-friendly/</loc>
		<lastmod>2007-01-30T09:00:45+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[fs20070130a2b.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[ON DESIGN]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2007/02/02/travel/cabbages-and-kings/</loc>
		<lastmod>2007-02-02T09:00:21+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2007/02/03/people/patricia-hill/</loc>
		<lastmod>2007-02-03T09:00:17+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2007/02/06/lifestyle/looking-for-x-beauty-shop-for-rent/</loc>
		<lastmod>2007-02-06T09:00:01+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Looking for X]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2007/02/06/lifestyle/french-luxury-lobby-captain-mulls-japans-brand-fixation/</loc>
		<lastmod>2007-02-06T09:00:47+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Elizabeth Ponsolle des Portes]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2007/02/07/environment/a-short-essay-on-seeming-rugged/</loc>
		<lastmod>2007-02-07T09:00:08+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[fe20070207cwb.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[The cover (above) and a spread (top) from one of my field notebooks of my first expedition to the High North of Canada in 1958-59.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2007/02/09/travel/treading-on-thick-ice/</loc>
		<lastmod>2007-02-09T09:00:02+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A wrecked trawler is seen on rocks at the very tip of Cape Nosappu, east of Nemuro City]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2007/02/09/food/avoiding-a-vinferno/</loc>
		<lastmod>2007-02-09T09:00:04+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Even in a modest-size wine cellar such as the author's above, it's easy to lose track of what's there and what's best to drink. As collections increase to enormous sizes (below), record-keeping becomes essential.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2007/02/10/people/tim-hornyak/</loc>
		<lastmod>2007-02-10T09:00:21+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Tim Hornyak]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2007/02/14/environment/indian-blue-peafowl/</loc>
		<lastmod>2007-02-14T09:00:14+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2007-02-16T09:00:44+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Statues and carvings found throughout Toshogu of gods, animals and people helped earn Nikko's World Heritage status in 1999.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2007/02/17/people/amy-katoh/</loc>
		<lastmod>2007-02-17T09:00:18+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Amy Katoh]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2007/02/20/lifestyle/tv-shows-spur-health-food-fads/</loc>
		<lastmod>2007-02-20T09:00:01+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Health information programs on TV]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2007/02/21/environment/a-wildlife-odyssey-to-rank-with-any/</loc>
		<lastmod>2007-02-21T09:00:59+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[fe20070221mba.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Natural Wonders of the Indian world sighted on my recent trip included this young male tiger (above), forest- dwelling gaur and "clouds" of common crow butterflies.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2007/02/23/food/put-on-your-red-shoes-and-dance/</loc>
		<lastmod>2007-02-23T09:00:02+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[fg20070223jba.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Red Shoes, near Nishi Azabu crossing, is an all-night bar steeped in rock history that has opened its doors to new talent. Left, the painting of Raijin, god of lightning, from the original bar hangs in the new premises.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2007/02/23/travel/roofs-raised-in-prayer/</loc>
		<lastmod>2007-02-23T09:00:43+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[The owner of a gassho-zukuri farmhouse in Gokayama sits outside his home; the gassho-zukuri buildings have steeply pitched roofs to reduce the weight of winter snow upon them.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2007/02/24/people/toyoko-fry/</loc>
		<lastmod>2007-02-24T09:00:03+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Toyoko Fry]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2007/02/27/language/wisdom-logic-behind-sayings-strikingly-alike/</loc>
		<lastmod>2007-02-27T09:00:00+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2007-02-27T09:01:00+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[D-BROS]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2007/02/27/people/yoko-sagae/</loc>
		<lastmod>2007-02-27T09:01:05+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Yoko Sagae]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2007/02/28/environment/stepping-up-the-heat-on-energy-use/</loc>
		<lastmod>2007-02-28T09:00:12+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2007/02/28/environment/tree-nymph-butterfly/</loc>
		<lastmod>2007-02-28T09:00:16+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2007/03/03/people/walter-roberts/</loc>
		<lastmod>2007-03-03T09:01:14+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[fl20070303vka.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Walter Roberts]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2007/03/06/lifestyle/double-or-die-the-skunk-code/</loc>
		<lastmod>2007-03-06T09:00:07+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[ek20070306pka.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Double or Die]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2007/03/06/language/eek-its-white-day-so-what-to-say-to-your-gal/</loc>
		<lastmod>2007-03-06T09:00:49+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2007/03/06/lifestyle/looking-good-naturally-this-spring/</loc>
		<lastmod>2007-03-06T09:01:12+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[fv20070615a1a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Kobe Port Tower (left) dwarfs other buildings in this view of Kobe Harbor.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2007-06-16T09:00:35+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Yukari Pratt]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2007/06/19/lifestyle/creating-calm-in-childrens-minds/</loc>
		<lastmod>2007-06-19T09:00:28+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Reiko Asano instructs children in yoga at her studio]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2007-06-20T09:00:05+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2007-06-20T09:00:14+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[fe20070620mba.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[The beautiful scene that used to confront nature tourists like these (above); the so-called Lesser Geyser's last eruption before it was swamped; and an aerial shot of the massive landslip and floodwaters backing up along the valley.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2007-06-22T09:00:13+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Kenzan-so is a hut complex nestled among alpine greenery in the Tateyama range in Toyama Prefecture (above); sunsets are often spectacular when seen from mountain ridges]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2007-06-22T09:00:20+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[The outside of Shinjuku's Club Wire may look unassuming (top), but venture inside and you'll most likely be greeted by this smiling doorman (above) and — if you've picked the right night of the week — the electro-rock sounds of DJ Duck Rock.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Chiaki Murata]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Minoru Inaba]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[The U.S. Naval Air Facility at Atsugi, where many allege they were victims of pollution from a nearby incinerator.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2007/06/27/digital/finding-a-final-resting-place-for-retired-mobile-phones/</loc>
		<lastmod>2007-06-27T09:00:26+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2007-06-29T09:00:24+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2007/06/30/people/jorge-ferreras/</loc>
		<lastmod>2007-06-30T09:00:04+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Jorge Ferreras]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2007/07/03/lifestyle/tunnels-the-boy-in-the-biscuit-tin/</loc>
		<lastmod>2007-07-03T09:00:38+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[ek20070703pka.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Tunnels]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2007/07/04/digital/r2d2-shapes-up-as-the-real-gadget-star/</loc>
		<lastmod>2007-07-04T09:00:22+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2007/07/04/environment/a-very-special-friend/</loc>
		<lastmod>2007-07-04T09:00:23+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2007/07/06/travel/a-very-red-light-district/</loc>
		<lastmod>2007-07-06T09:00:28+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[fv20070706kna.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Sensoji's Hozomon GATE; storage for 14th century Chinese sutras and hanging wall for owaraji (giant straw sandals), the traditional footwear of ascetic Buddhist monks]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2007/07/07/people/kyoko-mimura/</loc>
		<lastmod>2007-07-07T09:00:41+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Kyoko Mimura]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2007/07/10/language/allure-of-cakes-too-much-for-housewives-to-resist/</loc>
		<lastmod>2007-07-10T09:00:05+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2007/07/10/people/nobuo-hara/</loc>
		<lastmod>2007-07-10T09:00:19+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Nobuo Hara]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2007/07/11/digital/digital-graffiti-lets-you-make-your-mark/</loc>
		<lastmod>2007-07-11T09:00:29+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2007/07/11/environment/rock-swallow/</loc>
		<lastmod>2007-07-11T09:00:45+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2007/07/13/food/four-top-tipples-for-summer/</loc>
		<lastmod>2007-07-13T09:00:08+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[The serpentine counter dominates Francis Ford Coppola's new Tokyo Midtown Vinotec restaurant]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2007/07/13/travel/taking-a-stroll-back-through-time/</loc>
		<lastmod>2007-07-13T09:00:15+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Edo period private houses with latticed bay windows stand in rows in Sannomachi, Takayama. The area is designated by the national government as an "area of important traditional buildings."]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2007/07/14/people/barbara-abbate/</loc>
		<lastmod>2007-07-14T09:00:00+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Barbara Abbate]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2007/07/18/digital/kane-gone-try-saving-with-these-money-boxes/</loc>
		<lastmod>2007-07-18T09:00:07+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[nc20070718a1a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Sci-fi icons Kanegon and Robby the Robot coin banks appear at the Tokyo Toy Show in June. The money-munching toys use advanced technology to count your cash, and play sound bites from their screen debut]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2007/07/18/digital/mirror-mirror-in-the-phone-and-portable-photo-storage/</loc>
		<lastmod>2007-07-18T09:00:21+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2007/07/18/environment/putting-rarity-into-context/</loc>
		<lastmod>2007-07-18T09:00:43+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[fe20070718mba.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[A pair of Brazilian mergansers (above) and the female, two of only 250 of these ducks left in the world.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2007/07/20/travel/a-quick-exit-from-tokyo/</loc>
		<lastmod>2007-07-20T09:00:06+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Many of the shops in central Sawara have been in operation for more than 100 years.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2007/07/21/people/mitsuya-goto/</loc>
		<lastmod>2007-07-21T09:00:33+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Mitsuya Goto]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2007/07/24/people/hiroko-tsunoda-shimizu/</loc>
		<lastmod>2007-07-24T09:00:17+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[fl20070724jka.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Hiroko Tsunoda-Shimizu, director of the Department of Radiology at St. Luke]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2007/07/24/style/docomos-simpure-l2-uniqlos-hotels-homes-etc/</loc>
		<lastmod>2007-07-24T09:00:41+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Dainippon Type Organization]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2007/07/25/digital/glowing-mini-fridgeheater-the-worlds-smallest-robot/</loc>
		<lastmod>2007-07-25T09:00:01+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2007-07-25T09:00:17+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2007/07/25/environment/our-world-is-being-driven-by-denial/</loc>
		<lastmod>2007-07-25T09:00:26+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2007-07-27T09:00:12+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Combine staff member Saori (top left) with Yohei, one of the owners of this unpretentious Naka-Meguro lounge bar; and two customers enjoy the vibe at Combine's bar.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2007/07/28/people/katy-onda/</loc>
		<lastmod>2007-07-28T09:00:36+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Katy Onda]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2007/08/01/digital/yamanote-line-clocks-perfect-for-torturing-tokyo-commuters/</loc>
		<lastmod>2007-08-01T09:00:16+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A black morel in its full, peculiar and rare glory.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2007/08/07/lifestyle/the-boyhood-of-burglar-hill-little-rabbits-new-baby/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[The Boyhood of Burglar Hill]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2007-08-08T09:00:01+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2007-08-08T09:00:23+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2007/08/10/travel/a-playground-by-the-sea/</loc>
		<lastmod>2007-08-10T09:00:09+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[fv20070810a1a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Bayside resort Atami in Shizuoka Prefecture boasts an Hawaiian hula festival staged on the beachfront in summer (below); more geisha than Kyoto's Gion district (geisha Matsuchiyo pictured bottom)]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2007/08/10/food/two-victorias-twice-the-pleasure/</loc>
		<lastmod>2007-08-10T09:00:55+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[fg20070810wca.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[The search for the perfect region for red-wine grapes led the award-winning winemakers Victoria Benavides (left) and Victoria Pariente to Toro, a remote province to the northwest of Madrid whose thick-skinned Tinto de Toro grapes result in a wine of great weight.]]></image:caption>
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