Kansai upends the gender rules
I guess I should tell all my friends up here in the Tajima region of Hyogo Prefecture that they talk like girls — according to an article written in English by somebody probably in Tokyo. I'm sure that'll make them feel fantastic, or at least reinforce the fact that Kanto and Kinki's long-standing cultural...
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