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Parfait sample, Osaka: photo by pinguino, 2008
In the neighborhood of the ruling elites
a good
downstairs table having been miraculously scored,
he said, like one who has had
an unwonted stroke of luck,
"They took my plastic"
Pudding sample, Asakusa, Tokyo: photo by OiMax, 18 November 2006
Fake food in a restaurant window in Japan: photo by James Heilman, 9 February 2010
Neapolitan spaghetti of Japanese origin, Nakanobu, Tokyo: photo by OiMax, 21 June 2008