Word: fuji
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...turned out to be the soul of Kitcho's omotenashi hospitality. Her warmth instantly turned the cavernous banquet hall into an intimate and lively dinner party. We forgot to be self-conscious about having a stranger watch us eat, and soon we were chatting about everything from climbing Mount Fuji to collecting ceramics. We were eating from heirloom Baccarat crystal dishes in traditional Japanese shapes...
...flutes were no longer shrieking, but humming—and finally resolved into a rousing coda. Following the Overture, suspense mounted as the audience waited for violinist Goto to emerge. With a bestselling debut CD in Japan, collaborations with countless orchestras and renowned musicians, and a regularly broadcast Fuji TV documentary entitled “Ryu Goto’s Odyssey,” Goto is already internationally acclaimed.The selection of Paganini’s Concerto No. 1 for Violin and Orchestra in D Major, Op. 6 was perfect for Goto, who played this very piece at his debut concert...
...1990s when that country's government tried to bootstrap an aircraft-manufacturing industry by building 100-seat turboprop planes. The venture failed following Asia's 1997 financial crisis when it lost government funding. During the 1960s, a Japanese consortium that included Mitsubishi Heavy Industries and Fuji Heavy Industries built a 60-passenger turboprop - the YS11 - but the plane never found much of a market outside Japan and production was halted...
Motala had her foot blown off by a land mine; Fuji lost most of her tail to a mysterious disease; Stumpy crippled her leg in an unknown injury in the wild. Only a few years ago, a wounded elephant, dolphin and kangaroo like these would not have had much hope. Under the rough rules of the wild, they would have quickly died of predation, infection or starvation. Compassionate humans who intervened might have been able to make the animals more comfortable but never could have made them whole...
What about an animal that isn't supposed to have any legs at all and yet still needs to get around? Fuji, the dolphin that lost 75% of her tail, had just enough left that researchers at the Okinawa Churaumi Aquarium in Japan could affix a rubber tail, designed by sculptor Kazuhiko Yakushiji, onto her mangled tailfin with reinforced plastic and metal screws. Winter, a dolphin that lives at the Clearwater Marine Aquarium in Florida and is completely tailless as a result of an injury from a crab trap, presents a much bigger challenge. Hanger Orthopedic Group in Bethesda...