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Christmas shopping at the Loft

Machiko and I had so much fun together yesterday, that we agreed to meet up again today. This time to do some Christmas shopping at the Loft in Umeda. We found some interesting things in that store, like cups with noses, mugs with breasts and money boxes... ...full story at Loulogue

from Loulogue on Tue, Nov 25 2008

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