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Co-founder AltJapan (http://altjapan.com ) Localizer of Japanese games & manga. Author of "Pure Invention: How Japan's Pop Culture Conquered the World" (Crown, 2020)

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    Matt Alt‏ @Matt_Alt 27 Aug 2018

    Matt Alt Retweeted フランクリン・ジャパン

    Here's a visualization of the more than 1100 lightning strikes that pummeled downtown Tokyo last night.https://twitter.com/Franklin_Japan/status/1034030057784655872 …

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    フランクリン・ジャパン @Franklin_Japan
    【落雷発生】19:49に東京駅から 50Km の範囲内に10分間で 1133 回の落雷が観測されました。 #落雷 #雷 #カミナリ #東京駅 pic.twitter.com/rlfpVCFknF
    5:15 PM - 27 Aug 2018
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    • VelvetKoneko ♡ Xavier Perez Rebecca ✨ yuku’s sian ☁️ #𝐋𝐎𝐕𝐄 💕 ☁️ 잘하고있어 🦋 Ashley Swallows Ivory Strange⁷ catapulting a medium sized chicken into your house Keyser Söze Anee
    27 replies 299 retweets 731 likes
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      2. wolfie  🐺 🏳️‍🌈 in lockdown‏ @wolfpurplemoon 28 Aug 2018
        Replying to @Matt_Alt @703pippa

        in 10 mins! scary!

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      3. Pippa 😷 🧼 🤲🏻‏ @703pippa 28 Aug 2018
        Replying to @wolfpurplemoon @Matt_Alt

        It was pretty bonkers! My sky was proper lit up and I’m miles away all the way down at the bottom of the map near where it says 藤沢市 and 鎌倉市

        0 replies 0 retweets 6 likes
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      1. Pamela Day‏ @ZibbyZ 28 Aug 2018
        Replying to @Matt_Alt

        Yikes! I hope no one was injuredpic.twitter.com/JsjIZTdumN

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      1. Topper @home 🏡‏ @TopperJarto 27 Aug 2018
        Replying to @Matt_Alt @miyazawa_lulu

        Me cago toa si me pilla alli oistes xD

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      1. 安堵竜‏ @VF5SS 28 Aug 2018
        Replying to @Matt_Alt

        dangit, Great Mazinger!

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      1. simon guards friends (by social distancing)‏ @thedenature 28 Aug 2018
        Replying to @Matt_Alt @debaoki

        Yasunori Kato rollin up like:pic.twitter.com/PwATgvHcNe

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      1. Princess Luna‏ @GameAlicornLuna 28 Aug 2018
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        pic.twitter.com/EqKl3tt8NR

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      1. Trudie‏ @tru623 28 Aug 2018
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        @Rod21881175 😬

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      1. RNZY‏ @renztampus 28 Aug 2018
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        Probably some anime protagonist summoning untold power to defeat his foe.

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      2. ジェフえもん (stay home, build models)‏ @jefuemon_ver2 27 Aug 2018
        Replying to @Matt_Alt

        Why the fascination with lightning strikes? I lived in North Carolina for a few years, had some good storms, and no one cared to record them.

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      3. Chris Israel Barker‏ @downpressor 27 Aug 2018
        Replying to @jefuemon_ver2 @Matt_Alt

        Because big thunder storms are very rare in the kanto. Geography isn’t the same as the flat parts of the USA.

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