Seiji Nakazawa
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Our resident otaku signed up to be the Internet’s guinea pig…the first to document bleaching his transplanted hair.
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Our reporter Seiji finally ascends one of Tokyo’s most beloved tourist attractions — and for a discount!
Tokyo Metropolitan Board of Education continues mental gymnastics and insists that undercuts cause harmful incidents and accidents.
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