“Welcome!” says the happy hippo.

It seems like most every store/ business/ company in Japan has its own mascot character. “Create” (a drug store chain) is no exception. Their mascot, seen around the shop and on seasonal coloring pages kids can do at home and then bring back tithe store to have them displayed, is[…]

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Aww…and I was doing so well.

After ages of inactivity, I started posting again – and even went 5 days in a row. Then the weekend came and I didn’t write at all. So what happened? Two things. 1. I wasn’t feeling so hot. Not that I was actually sick or anything. I was just tired[…]

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