Can we hike up the Gotemba trail and down the Yoshida trail?

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1. CDC Vaccine Panel Votes to End Universal Hepatitis B Vaccine for All Newborns

   Dec 12, 25 10:00 AM

   Advisers to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) this morning voted to end a decades-long recommendation that all infants born in the U.S. receive the hepatitis B vaccine within 12-24…

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2. The 2025 Fall Colors (紅葉) season...

   Dec 12, 25 09:00 AM

   ...in Tokyo has finally arrived in earnest. This kind of beautiful scenery brings a lot of childhood joy to folks like myself, even after 3 decades here, as there is nothing even close to this in my h…

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3. A Japanese monkey waitress?! Really?!

   Dec 12, 25 08:00 AM

   All those new Japanese robot waiters popular these days in restaurants like Gusto & Saizeriya have become commonplace. So how 'bout being served by a MONKEY instead? :-) (click link to view funny vide…

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