A well-tended lawn or a green sports field are rare and exotic luxuries in Japan.
I was reminded of that while watching the World Cup on TV this past spring. The beautiful green pitches on which the matches were played were in stark contrast to the ashen gray soccer grounds that you find nearly everywhere else in Japan.
And it's not just with soccer.
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