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Vincent Tritto @vtritto.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

This what you get when an outdoor, city basketball court is sponsored by a chocolatier.

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Vincent Tritto @vtritto.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Pastry polygamy! Mister Donut has gotten married, and there are three Mrs. Donuts!!

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Vincent Tritto @vtritto.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Once upon a time, Reggie Jackson said if he played in NY, they’d name a candy bar after him. And so it happened. I wonder if Yamamoto Yoshinobu said the same about playing in LA & beer?

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Vincent Tritto @vtritto.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

It’s Sept 1st, the switched is flicked, and the Zaimokuza Lifeguard Station is closed & the beach bars begin to be dismantled.

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Vincent Tritto @vtritto.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

At this Kamakura construction site, the ratio is seems 2:1, although the women’s is a “Flower Toilet”, and pink.

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Vincent Tritto @vtritto.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

First sighting of Halloween, Aug 19th, Yokohama, 73 days before the day.

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Vincent Tritto @vtritto.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Lifeguard quitting time 17:00, Yuigahama Beach

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Vincent Tritto @vtritto.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

Spider-Man NY Cheesecake Kit Kats enter the chat

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Vincent Tritto @vtritto.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

Probably not the best marketing symbol in Japan these days, unless it’s going for the “🐻/ NYC visitors ≠ dangerous” view.

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Vincent Tritto @vtritto.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

Yuigahama beach house reflecting the state of the world, circa 2026

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Vincent Tritto @vtritto.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

Karasu on watch at the Yuigahama Beach lifeguard HQ right until the 17:00 lowering of the swim ok flag.

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Vincent Tritto @vtritto.bsky.social · 05/04/2026

The Shogun Colonel, outside the KFC in Kamakura, Japan.

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Vincent Tritto @vtritto.bsky.social · 03/04/2026

On this Good Friday, went to see the cherry blossoms in Ueno Park & stopped by the monument to U S Grant’s last formal event on his visit to Japan. The quote ascribed to him is, “Let us have peace.” If only our current leaders sought both to preserve the Republic and to achieve this goal . . .

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Vincent Tritto @vtritto.bsky.social · 21/03/2026

As a U.S. citizen residing in Japan, I’m paying taxes to two governments to pay for moments like this.

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Vincent Tritto @vtritto.bsky.social · 15/03/2026

Probably not. Our pup is Daisy, or デイジー (Deiji)

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Vincent Tritto @vtritto.bsky.social · 09/02/2026

Today’s NY Times int’l edition has a book review of a new book on Easter Island. The review indirectly mentions the use of Tadano cranes in 1994 to raise fallen statues. I worked on that contract for Tadano. Good to see old deals that turned out well! www.nytimes.com/2026/01/27/b...

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Vincent Tritto @vtritto.bsky.social · 08/02/2026

Add two more temporary visitors to Tokyo. But don’t expect them to do much duty-free shopping at department stores.

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Vincent Tritto @vtritto.bsky.social · 13/01/2026

In the A4 folder version, it notes she’s from Nara. So perhaps the deer holdback their hooves when dealing with a resident.

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Vincent Tritto @vtritto.bsky.social · 13/01/2026

But compared to her mentor she gets the small pen treatment. 4/fin

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Vincent Tritto @vtritto.bsky.social · 13/01/2026

Her face on the tea cup is complimentary (say compared to Suga-san). 3/

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Vincent Tritto @vtritto.bsky.social · 13/01/2026

But I was pleased to see the Takaichi goods — including an A4 folder — show how to treat deer in Nara (spoiler: not by kicking them). 2/

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Vincent Tritto @vtritto.bsky.social · 13/01/2026

So with all this speculation about a snap parliamentary election in Japan, I thought I should go to the Kokkai Gift Shop (on the “you never know” theory). The Takaichi snacks were being reduced in price but the Koizumi curry kakipi were not. 1/

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Vincent Tritto @vtritto.bsky.social · 08/01/2026

Even though I live in a Classy City House — which when said quickly can give the wrong impression of the building — it has to better than living in this mansion and having this as part of your address.

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Vincent Tritto @vtritto.bsky.social · 05/01/2026

Just don’t do what these temple guests did, to check if their blades were sharp — it gets written up in notices on the doors

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Vincent Tritto @vtritto.bsky.social · 31/12/2025

Daisy was unimpressed though. All the best for the New Year.

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Vincent Tritto @vtritto.bsky.social · 31/12/2025

And, before it was gone, at Yuigahama Beach

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Vincent Tritto @vtritto.bsky.social · 24/12/2025

She’s still hopeful, having been a good girl.

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Vincent Tritto @vtritto.bsky.social · 24/12/2025

Daisy making a Christmas Eve plea from Tokyo

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Vincent Tritto @vtritto.bsky.social · 02/11/2025

Very similar from a balcony in Yuigahama

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Vincent Tritto @vtritto.bsky.social · 23/10/2025

But the honor of “Defender of the Faith” was bestowed on Henry VIII by a Pope (another Leo, no less) while the King was still in the Roman Church. So Charles III was not offsides, really.

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Vincent Tritto @vtritto.bsky.social · 17/10/2025

The PM mug I have does a grave injustice to his eyebrows.

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Vincent Tritto @vtritto.bsky.social · 13/10/2025

Always nice to see local service providers getting into the Halloween spirit.

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Vincent Tritto @vtritto.bsky.social · 13/10/2025

Wolfgang’s in Tokyo, with consumption tax & service charge, in that range with current favorable f/x rate.

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Vincent Tritto @vtritto.bsky.social · 09/10/2025

So Sapporo Brewery takes advantage of the computer hack carried out by the Russians against Asahi to mock Asahi by introducing a beer called “Extra Think”?! Brilliant (but the beer itself is ma ma).

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Vincent Tritto @vtritto.bsky.social · 15/09/2025

Summer not officially over for a week or so, but when there’s forgotten sunglasses on the beach (& earlier I passed a lost beach locker key), summer really is done.

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Vincent Tritto @vtritto.bsky.social · 14/09/2025

Off of Yuigahama Beach, facing Sagami Bay while out with Daisy on her late afternoon walk.

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Vincent Tritto @vtritto.bsky.social · 13/09/2025

Not sure an attorney, let alone one for DOJ, wants to have this in a judicial decision.

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Vincent Tritto @vtritto.bsky.social · 25/08/2025

Perhaps he was thinking of the negotiation following the epic duel between King Arthur and the Black Knight. After all, the Black Knight only suffered a flesh wound.

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Vincent Tritto @vtritto.bsky.social · 02/08/2025

Got an email from a concert ticket co. about an upcoming Japan tour. Don’t think its algorithm is working properly (or I hope it isn’t).

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Vincent Tritto @vtritto.bsky.social · 17/07/2025

So if you want a blue bottle with an English neck label, that’s an extra ¥200 license fee to Ohtani’s employer.

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Vincent Tritto @vtritto.bsky.social · 22/06/2025

I understand the State Dep’t has other issues to tend to today, but sending an “alert” at 4:45 pm local time on the date of a warning for that date is not very useful. DOGE must have improved their communication software.

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Vincent Tritto @vtritto.bsky.social · 19/05/2025

A report in the Axios Raleigh newsletter has Lawson as the most popular baby boy’s name in 2024 in North Carolina. Surprisingly, neither FamiMa nor Daily Yamazaki made the list, though.

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Vincent Tritto @vtritto.bsky.social · 10/05/2025

Not sure if this Manga Manners coin locker also meant to serve as a bingo card for foreign visitors— “Welcome to Japan! Slurping noodles is polite!!”

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