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RedSamurai

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Resident of #Japan🇯🇵, #Taiwan🇹🇼, from the #UK🇬🇧. A testimony to what I have seen: Then & Now and Here & There. 🚫DM #fintech Currently in 🇹🇼

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RedSamurai @redsamurai.bsky.social · 1d

Coincidentally,

When I was in the Louvre, this time last year, I took a fancy to an emerald necklace and pair of earrings.

I took some photos, but that was all, I swear…🤷‍♂️

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RedSamurai @redsamurai.bsky.social · 2d

Tofu is minimalist food😋

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RedSamurai @redsamurai.bsky.social · 2d

I’m ok with the tax on gambling going up in the UK, and if needed, many betting shops closing down.

The gambling industry in the UK is out of control, and preying on the poorest citizens.

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RedSamurai @redsamurai.bsky.social · 4d

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RedSamurai @redsamurai.bsky.social · 4d

Friday night bites, followed by lights, is a’right😉

RedSamurai @redsamurai.bsky.social · 4d

Very Kabuki 🙏

Pop Base @popbase.tv · 4d

KISS guitarist Ace Frehley has died at the age of 74.

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RedSamurai @redsamurai.bsky.social · 5d

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RedSamurai @redsamurai.bsky.social · 5d

🇬🇧London is not a 24h city.

🇯🇵Tokyo is hardy a 24h city, with some exceptions🌳🌳🌳🌳🌳🌳😉

🇹🇼Taipei is a 24h city that never sleeps.

Want Dim Sum at 3am? We gotcha covered👍👍👍

Lots of options here.

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RedSamurai @redsamurai.bsky.social · 5d

In search of varied swimming pool experiences I checked out the local 50m pool, attached to the local hospital.

Me: what are the opening times?
Them: Take a look on the wall, but it is wrong…
Me: Ok, what are the times again?
Them: look at this updated handout, but it is also wrong…🤣

RedSamurai @redsamurai.bsky.social · 6d

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RedSamurai @redsamurai.bsky.social · 6d

Oh I miss Chiyonofuji (千代の富士), the best I ever saw🙏

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RedSamurai @redsamurai.bsky.social · 8d

Perfect (except for the lack of chickens).

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RedSamurai @redsamurai.bsky.social · 8d

Moving from 🇹🇼 to 🇯🇵 to 🇬🇧 and back, I always plan meticulously ahead, as if I miss something may be another 6months before I return.

Means I really get maximum benefit from every day.

But when Iived in one place “there was always tomorrow”, so was not half as effective.

Its good to have less time.

RedSamurai @redsamurai.bsky.social · 9d

Gave me an idea - cultivating giant squid - I think there is an untapped niche😉

RedSamurai @redsamurai.bsky.social · 9d

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RedSamurai @redsamurai.bsky.social · 9d

I shall eat you with…respect🫡

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RedSamurai @redsamurai.bsky.social · 12d

Oh, thats a new one for me, and I have been around the block a few times👍

RedSamurai @redsamurai.bsky.social · 12d

In Taiwan it’s pretty normal.

But I remember seeing fried chicken and bakewell tarts on kaiten sushi in the 🇬🇧

Ensushification is a thing…

What’s the wackiest thing seen on a kaiten?

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RedSamurai @redsamurai.bsky.social · 15d

Oh, its that time of year in London…

Where boats on the Thames passing in front of my apartment occasionally reflect the lowering sun and onto…

…A stuffed toy dog, which animates it, and my security camera then flags “Animal seen”

Every day🤷‍♂️…

Kinda like Stonehenge🤣

RedSamurai @redsamurai.bsky.social · 15d

Happy Moon Festival

RedSamurai @redsamurai.bsky.social · 19d

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RedSamurai @redsamurai.bsky.social · 19d

Pit stop at Sushiro, quick fuel change…

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RedSamurai @redsamurai.bsky.social · 22d

I once lived in a place with no glass in the windows, and I had to tape plastic bags over to keep out the winter snow, and summer insects, but it still didnt block the sounds and sights of the brothel next door.

This too shall pass…

RedSamurai @redsamurai.bsky.social · 22d

Yes twas me, I evolved from fish to biped on the way out 😉

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RedSamurai @redsamurai.bsky.social · 22d

Did my 2k, was a bit cold I admit, and turned around to take a parting shot, in the fading blue light…

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