We've got Matsumotoites, we've got gondoliers... now we can have both at once:
Rob Kelk
"Governments have no right to question the loyalty of those who oppose
them. Adversaries remain citizens of the same state, common subjects of
the same sovereign, servants of the same law."
- Michael Ignatieff, addressing Stanford University in 2012
Captain Nerd, on Usenet Wrote:And speaking of Matsumoto-san, here is one of his creations, one of the tour boats on the Tokyo Cruise down the Sumidagawa:--
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I highly recommend the tour if you get to Tokyo.
Cap.
(I rode in one of the mundane boats, but it had open windows onthe fantail, which was easier to take pics from.)
Rob Kelk
"Governments have no right to question the loyalty of those who oppose
them. Adversaries remain citizens of the same state, common subjects of
the same sovereign, servants of the same law."
- Michael Ignatieff, addressing Stanford University in 2012