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		<title>Warm memories of an Aizu winterlude</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 16 Feb 2013 15:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It starts to snow soon after the train leaves Koriyama, and further inland at Aizu Wakamatsu the snow is knee deep. My hosts, Nobuyuki and Mikiko, are waiting at the station. I&#8217;m relieved to see they&#8217;ve brought boots for me. Aizu has been part of my life for years. A good part of my new [...]]]></description>
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		<title>To Kagoshima in search of a great samurai unbowed</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 11 Nov 2012 00:00:41 +0000</pubDate>
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