{"id":412,"date":"2022-09-10T01:15:10","date_gmt":"2022-09-10T01:15:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stevethefish.net\/stuff\/?p=412"},"modified":"2022-09-10T01:15:10","modified_gmt":"2022-09-10T01:15:10","slug":"the-original-jungle-shop-in-osaka","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/stevethefish.net\/stuff\/index.php\/2022\/09\/10\/the-original-jungle-shop-in-osaka\/","title":{"rendered":"The original Jungle shop in Osaka"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Ever been to Jungle in Little Tokyo, Los Angeles? Here is the original Jungle in Osaka, which became famous for being a laserdisc-selling powerhouse in the ’90s. This pic is from 2001. It has since relocated.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Ever been to Jungle in Little Tokyo, Los Angeles? Here is the original Jungle in Osaka, which became famous for being a laserdisc-selling powerhouse in the ’90s. This pic is from 2001. 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