On Tuesday, April 16, 2013 7:10:20 AM UTC-5, CL wrote:
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> You could always come to Edo, get pissed in an izakaya close to the Brit
> Embassy, strip down and skinny dip in the Imperial Castle moat like two
> Brit tourists did this past weekend. Does the Himeji-jo moat have water
> in it? Is it clean enough to support fresh mosquito larvae?
>
Himeji's moat is clean enough to support fresh mosquito larvae, though the local population does all it can to break up the breeding areas by throwing in some garbage. Alas, despite their best efforts, the mosquitoes thrive.
John W.