A mikan citrus fruit falls from a tree and hits an elderly woman who was passing on the head.
Foreign resident (pointing at the fruit on the ground): It was that mikan.
Elderly woman: Are you sure?
— Ookayama, Meguro-ku, Tokyo. Overheard by The Japan Times On Sunday
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