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Obon voyage

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Passengers board a shinkansen (bullet train) at JR Shin-Osaka Station in Osaka on Sunday as people travel for the Obon holidays this week.

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O bon voyage! Very witty :D

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I'm glad I had to work and I take holiday outside of this seasonal chaos.

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I wonder what kind of grumpies downvotes my sunny positive comment! Hm :D

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The heat wave and typhoon have made this year's Bon pretty awful. I imagine that many of those people wish they had booked overseas trips.

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