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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Jul 2007 11:46:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Samurai (侍or, more rarely, 士) was a term for the military nobility in ancient Japan. The word “samurai” is derived from the Japanese verb “samorau”, meaning “to serve”. Whilst there are many romanticised characterisations of samurai behaviour, studies of Kobudo and traditional Budo indicate that the samurai were as practical on the battlefield as any [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=edokko.wordpress.com&blog=1314077&post=8&subd=edokko&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Jul 2007 11:46:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Jul 2007 11:45:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ukiyo-e (浮世絵, Ukiyo-e, meaning “Pictures of the floating world”) is a genre of Japanese woodblock prints and paintings produced between the 17th and the 20th century, featuring motifs of landscapes, the theater and pleasure quarters.
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		<title>origami</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Jul 2007 11:44:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Origami (折り紙 ori, to fold, and kami, paper lit. “folding paper”) is the art of paper folding. The goal of this art is to create a given result using geometric folds and crease patterns.
Origami only uses a small number of different folds, but they can be combined in a variety of ways to make intricate [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=edokko.wordpress.com&blog=1314077&post=5&subd=edokko&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>cuisine</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Jul 2007 11:44:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A standard Japanese meal nearly always consists of a bowl of white Japanese rice (hakumai, 白米) with accompanying tsukemono (pickles), 
a bowl of soup, and dishes known as okazu &#8211; fish, meat and vegetable dishes.
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		<title>what does Nihon mean?</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Nihon (日本) is the Japanese word for Japan. It is formed by the kanji “sun” (日) and the kanji “origin” (本). This is why Japan is called the “Land of the rising sun”.
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