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todays twisted twittering:

• 08:36 Enchanted Tiki Room, Tokyo Disney. flic.kr/p/7nLV9n #
• 09:45 Tokyo Disney Pirates of the Caribbean Stitch blue purse: there was tons of Stitch booty in that store! flic.kr/p/7nMHbF #
• 18:02 Um, so, no public option, AND no Medicare buy in? Can somebody please tell me why I voted for any of those idiots? #
• 18:28 Er, Rosetta Stone is used by NASA? Just curious, but what kinda languages exactly are the NASA people learning? #
• 18:33 Disney Re Ment Mogu Mogu Food Dessert: really cute set of minis. flic.kr/p/7
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Stitch Toys R Us Japan Sanshin
Originally uploaded by tikistitch

So, I now have a Stitch guitar, several Stitch ukuleles, and now, this
Stitch Sanshin!

Sanshin (at least if the latest version of Wikipedia can be believed) literally means three strings in Japanese. It's a traditional instrument used in Okinawa, which is where Stitch! the anime is set. The theme song for the show and some of the incidental music uses the sanshin. Seems that the body is usually covered in snakeskin (there are several snake species on Okinawa).

Anyways, this was an exclusive from the Japanese Toys R Us stores this Xmas.