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The slow moving but very interesting thread about Japan.
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flibbington2.0
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Subject: The slow moving but very interesting thread about Japan. Mon Jul 30, 2018 12:51 am
Let's kick you in the teeth it off with this lovely number. Playing it for Muriel in Sevenoaks who is laying low after straining her back gardening. It's a favourite of mine and I hope it's a favourite of yours.
The Call of the Wendigo Admin
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Subject: Re: The slow moving but very interesting thread about Japan. Mon Jul 30, 2018 9:38 am
The indigenous people of Japan don't look Japanese.
The Fascinatingly Mysterious Origins of the Ainu.
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flibbington2.0
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Subject: Re: The slow moving but very interesting thread about Japan. Tue Jul 31, 2018 6:45 am
I had no idea! And what does that mean about the other Japanese people that we automatically think of? Where did they come from? Or maybe that's not a question we're allowed to ask.
The Call of the Wendigo Admin
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Subject: Re: The slow moving but very interesting thread about Japan. Tue Jul 31, 2018 10:08 am
They arrived from what's now Korea.
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Fangirl Three
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Subject: Re: The slow moving but very interesting thread about Japan. Tue Jul 31, 2018 12:32 pm
A bit like the English actually coming from Germany.
Which would make the Welsh the British Ainu.
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flibbington2.0
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Subject: Re: The slow moving but very interesting thread about Japan. Tue Dec 18, 2018 4:36 am
The Japanese finally got so tired of saying 'oh wow, look over there at the beautiful sunlight shining through the trees leaves' that they made up a word for it.
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Subject: Re: The slow moving but very interesting thread about Japan. Tue Dec 18, 2018 9:57 am
What a lovely story.
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Subject: Re: The slow moving but very interesting thread about Japan. Thu Dec 20, 2018 11:18 am
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