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As pockets of enthusiasm for nearly every pursuit or pastime seem to exist in Japan, it is perhaps unsurprising that the Freemasons, that still mysterious and often maligned secret society, have a history here that goes back nearly as far as the 1853 arrival of Commodore Matthew Perry (23rd degree, Holland Lodge #8, New York City). Grab your square and compass, as C.B. Liddell conducts initiation rites.
With a penchant for the ordinary rather than the obscure, Simon Moran has proven that behind even the most familiar object lurks a fascinating tale. In this monthﾕs offering of what in less than a year has come to be one of KTO's best loved columns, he turns his attention to the metal plate that allows for legal locomotion.
Color too is not all that meets the eye. In his latest expose of Japanese words (Kotoba, p. 41), Colin Smith sees green where others might say blue, and traces the bands in the rainbow to mice and manga.

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