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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Sweet stuff: Dominique Ansel Bakery's amazake soft-serve ice cream (left) is topped with ginger and sansho pepper leaves, while its corn-flavored version (right) is dotted with blobs of corn jam.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2016/08/26/food/put-bird-wallaby-logos-sell-new-world-wines/</loc>
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		<lastmod>2016-09-02T19:00:09+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2016-09-02T19:19:03+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Trail finds: On the Kurama-dera Temple grounds, take a break to see the Jizo-do hall on the Byobu-zaka steps.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Only in Asakusa: The storefront of a record store is plastered with Japanese ballad singers wearing kimono.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A head start: Unless a Japanese individual has actually studied the Chinese language, a person claiming to be able to "read" Chinese can be taken to mean he or she can look at signs, menus or printed text and recognize lots of familiar words.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2016-09-22T18:40:28+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2016-09-23T16:32:06+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2016/09/23/food/craft-beer-shinjuku-finding-gruit-gueze-among-glitz-grime/</loc>
		<lastmod>2016-09-23T21:36:45+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Shifting seascape: Yaizu has developed its seafront so much that you will need to head further along the coastline to experience the wild coastal landscapes that once captivated Lafcadio Hearn.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Patisserie Kihachi's Mont Blanc Sakura treat.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2017/03/03/food/asias-top-pastry-chef-kazutoshi-narita-inspires-creations/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-03-03T16:52:29+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2017/03/03/food/dandelion-chocolate-half-cafe-half-factory-cacao-flavor/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-03-04T12:06:35+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2017/03/03/food/japans-culinary-professionals-rank-high-at-asias-50-best-restauransts-awards/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-03-04T23:17:22+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Chef Zaiyu Hasegawa (center) and the Den team accept the Art of Hospitality award in Bangkok at the fifth Asia's 50 Best Restaurants awards.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2017-03-06T16:29:20+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[腹 (hara) can mean "abdomen," "belly" or "stomach." Its sysnonym is おなか (onaka).]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2017/03/06/language/lets-discuss-changes-education-japan/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-03-06T16:27:43+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Takeshima badges are sold in Okinoshima, Shimane Prefecture, in 2015. Japan and South Korea both say their documents show a history of use of the islets known as Dokdo in Korean and Takeshima in Japan.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2017/03/06/language/brussels-manneken-pis-gets-museum/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-03-06T16:28:56+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Manneken Pis is dressed in a prison uniform as a protest during a demonstration in Brussels in 2006. The famous statue of a naked boy relieving himself has an array of costumes, ranging from Santa Claus to scuba diver, that delight hordes of tourists.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2017/03/06/language/defense-older-japanese-man-someones-got/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-03-06T22:09:12+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Men over 35 — better known as "ojisan" or the more derogatory "ossan" — are lumped together in a cold, lonely place where they have little choice but to huddle together for warmth.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2017/03/04/style/welcome-design-fold/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-03-07T12:10:31+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2017/03/04/travel/culture-commerce-thrive-japans-elevated-train-tracks/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-03-07T12:12:35+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Sign of life: As daylight wanes, the lights start to come on under the Keihin-Tohoku Line in Tokyo's Yurakucho area, where people from all walks of life rub shoulders after a hard day's work.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2017/03/09/travel/fresh-fruit-celebrate-season-welcoming-spring-strawberries-relax-refresh-rejuvenate/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-03-09T16:55:44+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2017/02/18/travel/himakajima-seafood-paradise-known-octopus-doubles-wave-tourism/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-03-09T18:33:02+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[The image of a fugu appears all over Himakajima, even its manhole covers.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2017/03/10/food/sakura-kaoru-cheese-souffle-cake-new-twist-old-theme/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-03-10T18:00:28+09:00</lastmod>
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