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Tokyo, 2005.07.30

Well, I'm in Tokyo.

This is a statue that commemorates a dog that would come to the station every day to meet his human, even though years had passed since his human had died. It's now a meeting spot just off of Shibuya's infamous scramble square.

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In one of history's more absurd acts of totalitarianism, China has banned Buddhist monks in Tibet from reincarnation without government permission.

Newsweek, Aug 20 2007