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athenaltenaSo I'm looking at some sights in Osaka (a city Mom and I are going to be in) trying to figure out what we should do there. And I find...
Duck tours!
The reason I was as amused as I was is because Boston also has some very famous duck tours, which I went on a number of years ago and will be going on again during Suffolk's orientation. They're good way to see the city, and the guys running the amphibious craft are really funny. Since Osakans have a reputation for being comedians I can imagine they're much the same over there, and I'll put that on our list of stuff to look for.
Something tells me that some Japanese businessman came over to Boston years ago, saw those, and brought the idea back. That's a very Japanese attitude -- take something from somewhere else, and copy it! Just like when they first saw guns from the Portuguese and the Daimyo ordered his blacksmiths to make copies by the end of the day. :D
Duck tours!
The reason I was as amused as I was is because Boston also has some very famous duck tours, which I went on a number of years ago and will be going on again during Suffolk's orientation. They're good way to see the city, and the guys running the amphibious craft are really funny. Since Osakans have a reputation for being comedians I can imagine they're much the same over there, and I'll put that on our list of stuff to look for.
Something tells me that some Japanese businessman came over to Boston years ago, saw those, and brought the idea back. That's a very Japanese attitude -- take something from somewhere else, and copy it! Just like when they first saw guns from the Portuguese and the Daimyo ordered his blacksmiths to make copies by the end of the day. :D
