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Kanagawa flashback: Hostess concealed decapitation of live-in boyfriend for days
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Santa’s helpers on Christmas Day in Aoyama

By Tokyo Reporter Staff on December 26, 2010

In the Christmas spirit at Red Shoes
Kicking up her heels at Red Shoes in Aoyama
Getting close at Red Shoes on Christmas
Listening carefully at Red Shoes on Christmas
Helping Santa at Red Shoes on Christmas
Stretching at Red Shoes on Christmas
Relaxing at Red Shoes on Christmas

(Photographs by The Tokyo Reporter, December 25, 2010)

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