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06/25, Arts Culture Tourism from Tokyo (Matsuyama, Ehime)

Giant panda cubs Xiao Xiao and Lei Lei turned two on Friday at Tokyo's Ueno Zoo.More than 700 people are preparing to run for election in Japan's so-calledHouse of Representatives this coming autumn. Okinawa marked the 78th anniversaryof the end of the Pacific War last week. Tokyo’s Narita Airport plans to raisesurcharges for international passengers from September, and a think-tank in WestJapan is planning to repurpose abandoned homes and rundown buildings by re-usingtheir wood and shortcut the global strain on lumber. Matsuyama is the capital ofEhime prefecture on the main island of Shikoku. Notebook recently visited thecity and rode the streetcar made famous by writer Soseki Natsume to visit theDōgo Onsen public bathhouse.—Substack: notebookpodcast.substack.comInstagram: @notebook_podTwitter: @notebook_pod—Get in touch: notebook.podcast@gmail.comLeave a message: speakpipe.com/notebook—

NOTEBOOK — Arts Culture Tourism from Tokyo