Петро Оринич
⟨Petro Orynycz⟩
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Tori no Ichi in Shinjuku: Raking in Good Luck
Here in Tokyo, Japan in the Shinjuku neighborhood it’s Tori no Ichi, which is a festival known in English as the Rooster Market. It happens on the rooster zodiac days. And people come here and they buy ceremonial rakes to rake in the good luck, so to speak. Businessmen treat this as a serious investment…
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Godzilla sighted in Tokyo
Here live in #Tokyo to watch #Godzilla. If you can see behind me, there’s Godzilla on top of a building. And that building is the Toho Co., Ltd. building. That’s the company that made the Godzilla films. We’re just waiting any second for Godzilla to breathe fire. This was made in honor of the 60th…
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Tokyo Black Market District
Hanamichi-dori Street in Tokyo’s Kabukichō neighborhood hosted black markets after World War II, as the Shinjuku Station survived firebombings and let in contraband food and coal in from the countryside. Authorities turned a blind eye as it kept people alive.