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Starbucks Japan: Doors Wide Open, Eyes Wide Shut

This posting contains a lot of ramblings, so I'll cut to the chase:

While a large part of eastern Japan is enduring rolling blackouts, due to the downed nuclear reactors at Fukushima and elsewhere, Starbucks in Shizuoka is concerning itself with "bekkoning customers" by blasting heat outside to the passers by on the street.

Read on for more of the background...