mtfester@netMAPSONscape.net wrote:
> CL <flothru@yahoo.com> wrote:
>> mtfester@netMAPSONscape.net wrote:
> 
>>> Man, I missed a lot when I worked in Uguisudani-cho; 
> 
>> Sounds like it ...
> 
>> There was never a better reason to learn to read complex, Edo-era kanji 
>> than Uguisudani.  Plus, some of us had a helpful kacho or kakaricho 
>> willing to make a phone call at lunch time to make a "gaijin okay" 
>> reservation for us ... I was fortunate to have a kacho who taught me 
>> which sports shimbun had the best ads and how to decode the symbols 
> 
> Ah, the sports shimbun... they still run "Yaruki Man-man"?

They never stopped ...

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CL