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Sapporo Snow Festival 2009: Everyone Here Is Crazy

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Mr. Blithe
on March 7, 2009
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Sapporo Snow Festival 2009: Everyone Here Is Crazy

I visited Sapporo for the world-renowned Snow Festival in February. The ice sculptures were pretty great, but my enjoyment of them was hampered somewhat by the fact that there was heavy snow all weekend. This video was taken in Odori Park amidst the insanity of a severe blizzard situation, where the only non-crazy person within walking distance was whoever was performing in the Yamaha keyboard booth next to one of the main event stages.

Tokyo: Shibuya Crossing

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Mr. Blithe
on December 30, 2008
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Tokyo: Shibuya Crossing: While visiting Tokyo, I made a stop at Shibuya Station to cross the street at the (in)famous five-way stop there. I thought it would be cool to record the crossing, but this quickly turned out to have been not such a great idea.

Opening a Japanese CD, Part 1

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Mr. Blithe
on November 9, 2008
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I purchased a CD by the Blue Hearts at a music slash movie slash video game store in Kakuda, Japan while visiting a friend and fellow ALT. We decided to film me opening the CD as a study on cultural differences, but things quickly took a turn for the sinister.