Even though we have Slingbox to bring us television from California on an irregular basis, we need videos to fill those evening hours when we only receive late night ads for Extends or other personal products. So, we have been hopping down to the Tsutaya video store (where we sometimes can rent videos for 100 yen apiece). It's very amusing--Tsutaya does carry some newer shows such as the Mentalist or Bones (not recent seasons, of course), but we have enjoyed most perhaps our revisiting of the late 1970s and early 1980s. Sam's newfound favorite show is Charlie's Angels--hmmmm. Meanwhile, Graham seems to have taken a shine to Magnum P.I. We have also dallied with Moonlighting, A-Team, and various other old favorites. And, let me assure you, we are not the only Tsutaya patrons renting these classics. When I go to rent, there are always various Japanese persons also scanning the 1970s aisle! I don't think we could even find these in American video stores anymore.
In a weird way, it is maybe the most satisfying thing so far in Japan that my son will have memories of Farrah Fawcett and Kate Jackson!
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