The makers of these kitchen storage containers have in all probability already been sued by SCO (the lawsuit-happy company that uses a "UnixWare" trademark).

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I'd had the impression that Kyoto didn't get much snow, but we got a few inches yesterday and quite a bit more today. Fumie's mom said that she doesn't remember this much snow in Kyoto since when she was a kid.

When I brought Anthony to playcare, I had only my cell phone camera, but snapped a few pictures.

 

 

Arriving at playcare Wow, there's a lot of snow!

 

 

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By now it's all melted, but our area of Kyoto got its first real snow accumulation of the season this past weekend. We got a few flakes earlier in the month, but today we got about an inch or two (while it looks like the northern part of the city got quite a bit more).

 

View of the garden below my livingroom window after our first snow accumulation this season Before One hour (and four-year-old twins) later

 

Anthony certainly enjoyed the snow

 

Two views of the same area, eight months apart although from somewhat different [...]
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Every year, Rohm Corporation puts on an "Illumination" display -- lots of holiday lights -- at their corporate headquarters in Kyoto near the Jusco Diamond City. It's really quite nice.

 

 

 

 

It continues through Christmas night.

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I was sitting this morning on the livingroom couch having a cup of coffee watching Anthony play nicely by himself, when suddenly he started the following conversation:

He seemed satisfied, so went quietly back to his play -- playing by himself, and, as I mentioned before, doing so quite nicely.

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