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Having travelled from Tokyo on the bullet train the night before, Enda and entourage left the city of Nagoya at the crack of dawn to visit the Toyota City car production plant.

It’s the second oldest “prant” in Japan, as our guides told us.

…Before touring the building, the visitors were treated to a “pree-zen-tation” on the wonders of Toyota by the prant’s “external affairs” man, who sounded like a cross between Ron Burgundy and Kent Brockman from The Simpsons.

A prant worker gave a little speech but nobody understood a word he said…

 

Gulp..

Update:

Surreal moments on last day of Enda’s Japanese adventure (Miriam Lord, Irish Times)

2/12/2013 Taoiseach in Japan. A picture from a joi

Taoiseach Enda Kenny and Prime Minister of Japan Shinzo Abe, announcing the re-opening of the beef market to Irish exports on Monday.

“While we are small at home, we are extensive people all over the world,” he told a roomful of Japanese meat merchants yesterday, sounding like Fr Ted explaining the concept of distance to Fr Dougal.

“Northern Ireland is in the north of the country,” he told another gathering.

Enda’s trip to Japan takes him to White House heaven (Miriam Lord, Irish Times)

Photocall Ireland/Department of Taoiseach

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QekSE3NBf7s

A frenetic PBS Digital Short video remix of the sights and sounds of Tokyo by the mighty Kutiman featuring (among many other things) a host of Japanese musicians including Nobumichi Tosa of art group Maywa Denki playing the Otamatone.

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Japan World Cup 3 – the most insane horse racing game you’ll see today, complete with NSFW narrated AH Community commentary.

Apparently, actual horse racing in Japan is just like this.

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