Mrs. Kangaeroo and I got another wonderful experience shooting down the rapids in the delightful Saitama Prefecture town of Nagatoro, which is also home to a shrine hoping to draw people back with something of an Aussie touch.
Boomerang Kaeru Shrine, just outside Nagatoro Station, is dedicated to the worship of frogs, but is actually a play on words.
The Japanese for frog is kaeru (蛙), but also a homonym for returning home (帰る), hence the boomerang, which (allegedly) returns to the thrower upon being hurled. (This is a story for another day).
Also got to find some Engrish that appealed to my eternal schoolboy side.
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Seed Of An Idea
Saying It With Flowers
Inuit ‘Innit
Three-Day Monk
Sunrises Over Far North Queensland
Economic Organizations/経済団体
Bringing a Western Beat to Japan
Tray Trees Make Bonzer Bonsai
Slice of Heaven
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