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Modern Thinker, Kobe 2008

Jan 15th, 2008 by Ad Blankestijn

Is this The Thinker, anno 2008? Reborn in female form in Kobe’s Sannomiya?

Or is it not philosophy that keeps her mind occupied… could she be dreaming about this nearby sign advertising something special to Japanese culture: a “Host Club?”

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