<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto">They may have free seating, but I don’ t that’s what Mr. Brown meant.<div><br></div><div><br><br><div dir="ltr">Sent from my iPad</div><div dir="ltr"><br><blockquote type="cite">On Jul 20, 2020, at 11:38 PM, Patricia Yarrow <yarrowp@gmail.com> wrote:<br><br></blockquote></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:garamond,times new roman,serif;font-size:large;color:#000000">There was "jiyu seki" free seating? Well, at any rate, I hope no one comes down with the virus, of course. It just looks a little cramped. <br clear="all"></div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><font size="4"><span style="font-family:garamond,serif"></span></font><i><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Garamond"></span></i></div><div dir="ltr"><i><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Garamond"><span style="font-family:garamond,times new roman,serif"></span></span></i><i><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Garamond"><span style="font-family:garamond,times new roman,serif">Patricia Yarrow </span> </span></i>
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No one forced them to sit there. </div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Kodaiyama</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Mon, Jul 20, 2020, 8:37 PM Patricia Yarrow <<a href="mailto:yarrowp@gmail.com" target="_blank">yarrowp@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:garamond,times new roman,serif;font-size:large;color:rgb(0,0,0)">Ah! The Kokugikan has an 11,000 person capacity. I was wrong with my 30,000. <blush> Still, that photo looks to me that there are too many people and too close together for hours at a time. IMHO.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:garamond,times new roman,serif;font-size:large;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><br clear="all"></div><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><font size="4"><span style="font-family:garamond,serif"></span></font><i><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Garamond"></span></i></div><div dir="ltr"><i><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Garamond"><span style="font-family:garamond,times new roman,serif"></span></span></i><i><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Garamond"><span style="font-family:garamond,times new roman,serif">Patricia Yarrow </span> </span></i>
<span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span></span></span><span><font size="4"><span style="font-family:garamond,serif"><i><span><font size="4"><span style="font-family:garamond,serif"><i><font size="4"><span style="font-family:garamond,serif"><i><span><font size="4"><span style="font-family:garamond,serif"><i><span><span><font size="4"><span style="font-family:garamond,serif"><i><span><span><font size="4"><span style="font-family:garamond,serif"><i><span><font size="4"><span style="font-family:garamond,serif"><i><span><font size="4"><span style="font-family:garamond,serif"><i><span><font size="4"><span style="font-family:garamond,serif"><i><font size="4"><span style="font-family:garamond,serif"><i><span><font size="4"><span style="font-family:garamond,serif"><i><span><span><font size="4"><span style="font-family:garamond,serif"><i><span><span><font size="4"><span style="font-family:garamond,serif"><i><span><font size="4"><span style="font-family:garamond,serif"></span></font></span></i></span></font></span></span></i></span></font></span></span></i></span></font></span></i></span></font> </i></span></font></span></i></span></font></span> </i></span></font></span></i></span></font></span></span></i></span></font></span></span></i></span></font></span></i></span></font> </i></span></font></span></i></span></font></span><span><font size="4"><span style="font-family:garamond,serif"><i><span><font size="4"><span style="font-family:garamond,serif"><i><font size="4"><span style="font-family:garamond,serif"><i><span><font size="4"><span style="font-family:garamond,serif"><i><span><span><font size="4"><span style="font-family:garamond,serif"><i><span></span></i></span></font></span></span></i></span></font></span></i></span></font> </i></span></font></span></i></span></font></span><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Mon, 20 Jul 2020 at 23:30, Jeffrey Anderson <<a href="mailto:jpaitv@gmail.com" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">jpaitv@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><a href="https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20200720/p2a/00m/0sp/004000c" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20200720/p2a/00m/0sp/004000c</a> <br clear="all"><div><br></div>-- <br><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr">Best regards,<div>Jeffrey Anderson</div><div>Gaijingai</div><div><br></div><div>For of all sad words of tongue or pen,</div><div>The saddest are these:</div><div>It might have been.</div><div>- John Greenleaf Whittier</div></div></div></div>
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