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    Three Padmores Head to Japan

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    • GilesG
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      Our hotels idea of a western breakfast….

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      "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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      • MattM
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        Western what?

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        • GilesG
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          This is a genius idea that we have not seen before. Warm stones at the bottom of the bread basket. I have a feeling that is we see a pebbly beach today, @Madame-Buttonfly will be asking to get out of the car......

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          "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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          • GilesG
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            @Matt said in Three Padmores Head to Japan:

            Western what?

            Well, it ain't a shirt......

            "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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            • ROmanR
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              That bridge looks similar to the Bay Bridge, between SF and Oakland.

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              • GilesG
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                Mmmmmmm

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                "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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                • MattM
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                  @Giles said in Three Padmores Head to Japan:

                  @Matt said in Three Padmores Head to Japan:

                  Western what?

                  Well, it ain't a shirt......

                  I should have said Western where? Like clearly they have not seen an American breakfast. It’s 8500 calories of home cooked artery stopping freedom. USA 🇺🇸

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                  • GilesG
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                    @Matt said in Three Padmores Head to Japan:

                    @Giles said in Three Padmores Head to Japan:

                    @Matt said in Three Padmores Head to Japan:

                    Western what?

                    Well, it ain't a shirt......

                    I should have said Western where? Like clearly they have not seen an American breakfast. It’s 8500 calories of home cooked artery stopping freedom. USA 🇺🇸
                    Exactly

                    "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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                      Today we went to one of only 2 natural indigo dyeing/weaving factories left in Japan. Prepare for a photo/video dump later on…..

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                      "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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                      • GilesG
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                        Vital instructions at the urinal….

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                        "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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                        • GilesG
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                          All the excitement has taken its toll on some of us…

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                          "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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                            It’s great to see all this pictures! Great roadtrip 🙂

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                            • Tago MagoT
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                              @Giles said in Three Padmores Head to Japan:

                              Vital instructions at the urinal….

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                              I see this and I wonder what happened to require such instructions. Or is it just Japanese covering all eventualities?

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                              • GilesG
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                                There is zero leeway to do anything that is not in the manual in Japan . This is an extreme, but not uncommon, manifestation of that.

                                "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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                                  So today, we went across the Seto Inland Sea to the island of Shikoku. We are having a new natural indigo denim made there. We visited the dyeing and weaving factory. I've been to a lot of mills, but this was seriously old skool shit....

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                                  "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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                                        Hanks of natural indigo yarns, showing the end result after varying numbers of dips. The right-hand hank is 25 times dipped. Out denim will be dipped 28 times 🙂
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                                            How the indigo arrives

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