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Jon POWER

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Moving in. Like Japan and doujin games.

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Jon POWER @jonpower.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Eisenhower: What kind of dancers do we want on the beaches? What do you say, Monty?
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Jon POWER @jonpower.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
We Dive At Tea Time (1943)
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Jon POWER @jonpower.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
My friend visited, and after a comprehensive review of my Japanese mechanical pencils and my Japanese pencil leads, we played 2 games. Big Boggle which I forget to capture, then Orapa Mine from Playte. We liked it, Black Box/Battleships crossover, easy but hard. Will definitely play again.
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Jon POWER @jonpower.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
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Jon POWER @jonpower.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
I found the exact location of this shot in Goldfinger (1964), in Muldraugh KY: maps.app.goo.gl/X6oxiCfN4Rwu... The red house, telegraph pole, and white premises are still there, as is the filling station in the distance. The white mart is replaced by Economy Suites.
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Jon POWER @jonpower.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
King's Manor.
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Jon POWER @jonpower.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
King's Manor. And the bins.
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Jon POWER @jonpower.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
King's Manor.
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Jon POWER @jonpower.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
King's Manor.
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Jon POWER @jonpower.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
1483 King's Manor.
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Jon POWER @jonpower.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
British squirrels. That'll do. Literally cannot be arsed. Typical.
Conker left in a corner at my back door by a lazy lazy squirrel .
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Jon POWER @jonpower.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
No.
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Jon POWER @jonpower.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
These military grounds were the site of the first aeroplane flights in Japan. On Dec 19th 1910, two planes were flown on short test flights. The grounds were flat and clear, so served the purpose well.
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Jon POWER @jonpower.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Congratulations to the Meiji Jingu Stadium in Tokyo on their centenary. I enjoyed my visit enormously. The stadium is the home of the Tokyo Yakult Swallows, whose mascot oddly is a penguin. @missmerc.bsky.social
Plastic cup for 100th year of Meiji Jingu stadium.Open air baseball game in Tokyo.Tokyo Swallows playing in Tokyo.
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Jon POWER @jonpower.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
The films came later, and the mockery is broader, but still aimed at the pompous petty officials.
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Jon POWER @jonpower.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
shopkeepers, pompous colonels, pompous clergy, all real and legitimate targets for mockery. Today, they seem less important, but at the time, actual pillars of society. The local 50s nuclear bomb shelter included bank managers in the chosen few, as if there'd be banking in the holocaust.
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Jon POWER @jonpower.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Gregory is a drummer, and has RUSH posters on the wall. If we can find a RUSH connection in Diva...
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Jon POWER @jonpower.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Oh look. It is bloody raining again. No chance of getting heatstroke here. Bloody hell.
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Jon POWER @jonpower.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
New upholstery but looks old. @alfie.photography
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Jon POWER @jonpower.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
I had a swim.
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Jon POWER @jonpower.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
The last adventure of this trip.
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Jon POWER @jonpower.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Finally getting what I paid for. 3rd and final week.
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Jon POWER @jonpower.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
I think that the Japanese retail economy cannot be sustained without light jazz. No minor warbling by a mid US woman with some ineffectual trumpet breaks, no sale.
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Jon POWER @jonpower.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
Finally got to an Awa Odori festival, here in Shima-Kitazawa. An absolute riot of fun. The dancers were fantastic. I definitely want more of this.
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Jon POWER @jonpower.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
Aaaaand the banana cake is 90% cream :(
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Jon POWER @jonpower.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
Only half an hour queueing to be seated at this awfully on trend tea shop. Now I am on the inside, laughing at the poor fools outside. Also, I am absolutely soaked in sweat. P U.
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Jon POWER @jonpower.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
The other is still there but not, I think, working.
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Jon POWER @jonpower.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
In Ningyocho to see the famous mechanical clocktowers. The clocktower...
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Jon POWER @jonpower.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
I paid my respects this morning.
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Jon POWER @jonpower.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
This is terrible behaviour. The engines are running in a car park, to keep the aircon going. Utterly selfish.
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Jon POWER @jonpower.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
It amazes me that some very old buildings still survive in the centre of Tokyo. At ¥3M/m2 that green plot would be half a mill easily for the land alone.
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Jon POWER @jonpower.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
The lilies across Shinobazuno Pond.
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Jon POWER @jonpower.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Shinobazuno Pond at sunset.
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Jon POWER @jonpower.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Hello Light & Darkness, My old friend.
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Jon POWER @jonpower.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Hello Japan. What is Laver??? (It was near the tinned fish).
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Jon POWER @jonpower.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
I was able to take a walk last night and got some pot rice and potatochips. So I have eaten. But very little sleep. Back to Ueno and straight to bed.
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Jon POWER @jonpower.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Sayoonara Fuji-san. Jane Fujiyoshida. I have failed you. There are swallows and dragonflies right outside my window. It is a nice town.
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Jon POWER @jonpower.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Thank you. I am okay. It is just a head cold now. I am coughing and have a headache. But I am getting better. I have been out for a walk and got snacks and pot rice. So I am okay. Tomorrow, I go back to Shinjuku. :(
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Jon POWER @jonpower.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
All at once, The clouds are parted, Light streams down in bright unbroken beams.
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Jon POWER @jonpower.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Objective sighted.
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Jon POWER @jonpower.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
The adventure begins.
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Jon POWER @jonpower.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Instead, off to the Edo Tokyo Museum (Indoor). Of course, I get here and the sun comes out. Start with tea and a donut. The coin locker is free and clever.
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Jon POWER @jonpower.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
And today's shopping trip around Ginza is cancelled. It is pissing down and it's not even 10am. So a change of plans...
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Jon POWER @jonpower.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Crucially, my friend helped me get mugi-cha (only found out about it recently) and corn jumbo, my favourite. Very successful day. Tomorrow, probably start at Itoya.
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Jon POWER @jonpower.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
We had a nice walk around but many places were closed, probably for Obon. Peter Rabbit had an odd UK presence including a replica phone box. We went to Hotch Potch and another cafe. Getting the Ginza line back, the train was a throwback of bronze. (Imagine the faces are blurred).
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Jon POWER @jonpower.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
The entrance as you exit the lift was a riot. The waitstaff were super friendly and came to wave us off!
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Jon POWER @jonpower.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
To Jiyugaoka to visit with my very kind friend @missmerc.bsky.social We had a nice time skipping between torrents of rain. Started at Witch's Burger which was remarkably tasty. My friend's cola came as a potion she had to mix in.
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Jon POWER @jonpower.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Made my way back home, with a basic CHN dinner. Things are going well, regardless of the typhoon. Off to Jiyugaoka tomorrow with @missmerc.bsky.social
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Jon POWER @jonpower.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
I made it out to the Arakawa River but no hanabi... I missed the reply from @yalay.bsky.social I got a bit wet. Never mind.
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Jon POWER @jonpower.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
I found a Matsuya with a restaurant floor. I remembered how much I like tonkatsu. I think the white goop is the yam. Now to MEGA TANSUYA to look at Yukuta.
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