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	<description>Sarah Noorbakhsh - Writer, translator, copy writer, photographer and researcher based in London</description>
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		<title>Uchimizu for the Akiba crowd</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Aug 2010 20:03:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The practice of uchimizu is, these days, not quite as aesthetically important as Wikipedia makes it out to be, but is still a surprisingly prominent part of Japanese culture. Originally done with wooden buckets and ladles  to keep down the dust on ancient Yamato streets,  &#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>Two sumo-san walk up to a kebab truck&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.simpletribe.net/2010/05/two-sumo-san-walk-up-to-a-kebab-truck/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 29 May 2010 01:48:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[[Insert punchline here]]]></description>
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		<title>Searching for sweet nothings</title>
		<link>http://www.simpletribe.net/2010/02/searching-for-sweet-nothings/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Feb 2010 02:52:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Valentine&#8217;s Day has long been an oft-reported institution in Japan. For February 14, a girl can now choose to give giri-choco (obligatory chocolates, usually inexpensive and given to male coworkers), honmei-choco (sweetheart chocolates, often homemade and given to the man she likes), tomo-choco (chocolates for  &#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>Just another Sunday in Harajuku</title>
		<link>http://www.simpletribe.net/2009/07/just-another-sunday-in-harajuku/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Jul 2009 02:51:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>sarah</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The bridge in front of Meiji Shrine in Harajuku, once a mecca for crazy cosplayers, lolitas and decora kids, has seen more lively days now that the boom is over and most people have dyed their hair back to a normal color. But the tourists  &#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>Raining on my parade (or not)</title>
		<link>http://www.simpletribe.net/2009/06/raining-on-my-parade/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Jun 2009 02:14:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>sarah</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Tokyo area supposedly entered rainy season on June 10, but as I&#8217;m sitting here in a sunny room listening to birds chirp, it&#8217;s clear that this plum mistress takes a real non-commital approach to our on-again-off-again relationship.]]></description>
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		<title>Only in Japan?</title>
		<link>http://www.simpletribe.net/2009/04/only-in-japan/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 19 Apr 2009 13:51:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>sarah</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[So I&#8217;ve moved house, finally clearing out of the only place I&#8217;ve lived for longer than a year since high school graduation. It was an odd set of happenings and a trial to find a place that would allow for two dirty foreigners to move  &#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>Between seasons</title>
		<link>http://www.simpletribe.net/2009/03/between-seasons/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Mar 2009 04:35:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>sarah</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[After what seemed like an eternity of frigid rain, this past week Tokyo has been blessed by amazing spring-like weather, with blue skies stretching as far as the eye can see (which is essentially to the tops of the surrounding buildings). While most of the  &#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>Coming of Age Day</title>
		<link>http://www.simpletribe.net/2009/01/coming-of-age-day/</link>
		<comments>http://www.simpletribe.net/2009/01/coming-of-age-day/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Jan 2009 23:45:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>sarah</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Girls in thousand-dollar silks stand in a field and get pestered by gaijin]]></description>
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		<title>On the Japanese media</title>
		<link>http://www.simpletribe.net/2008/08/on-the-japanese-media/</link>
		<comments>http://www.simpletribe.net/2008/08/on-the-japanese-media/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Aug 2008 05:13:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>sarah</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[While doing some research yesterday, I found a great commentary by Dave Spector criticizing Japanese Olympic coverage. I&#8217;m not a huge fan of the Olympics, nor am I a huge fan of Japanese TV. If Americans think their news coverage is narrowly-focused and sensationalized, they  &#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>Wining and more wining in Yamanashi</title>
		<link>http://www.simpletribe.net/2008/08/wining-and-more-wining-in-yamanashi/</link>
		<comments>http://www.simpletribe.net/2008/08/wining-and-more-wining-in-yamanashi/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Aug 2008 08:59:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>sarah</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A bit behind on things&#8230; apologies! Although I work at a business magazine I can&#8217;t really claim to be as interested in the stuff as I am in say.. food or travel. While there&#8217;s little leeway to do the former at work, however, there have  &#8230;]]></description>
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