tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20552525.post-83718488181729853052007-08-13T11:05:00.000+09:002007-08-13T11:21:25.858+09:00<a href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_Z5mkimUm5Y8/Rr--9PTbaSI/AAAAAAAAAHM/j6yaOFr0mGw/s1600-h/rosanjin+jido+full.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5098003262496008482" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_Z5mkimUm5Y8/Rr--9PTbaSI/AAAAAAAAAHM/j6yaOFr0mGw/s320/rosanjin+jido+full.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_Z5mkimUm5Y8/Rr--9fTbaTI/AAAAAAAAAHU/184xIHC6yk8/s1600-h/rosanjin+jido+up.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5098003266790975794" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_Z5mkimUm5Y8/Rr--9fTbaTI/AAAAAAAAAHU/184xIHC6yk8/s320/rosanjin+jido+up.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_Z5mkimUm5Y8/Rr--9vTbaUI/AAAAAAAAAHc/iJetXbnZ1AQ/s1600-h/rosanjin+up.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5098003271085943106" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_Z5mkimUm5Y8/Rr--9vTbaUI/AAAAAAAAAHc/iJetXbnZ1AQ/s320/rosanjin+up.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div>So I'm driving down the road to the gallery and pass by umpteen vending machines along the way; if you've been to Japan you know there are just *too* many of these mostly useless 24 hours energy burners. Yet, one Kirin VM caught my attention as atop it was a face I thought I recognized---not the lady! Wait, was that Kitaoji Rosanjin selling green tea? So I pulled over to the side of the road, and lo and behold, yup....Rosanjin himself pitching ocha. I can only assume the great Rosanjin--if he were alive today--would be disgusted to even consider the idea of this shameless advertising---or maybe not--he could have used the dough to buy more antiques; who knows. I stood in front of the VM taking photos as the traffic slowed to watch the gaijin......and Rosanjin looking down on the worthy. 'Japanese know, Tasty is sweet.'</div>Robert Yellinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00501147854506859253noreply@blogger.com