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"?

Mike