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The "Kimono Forest" at night, a collection of 600 kimono gowns wrapped around poles with LED lighting inside, Arashiyama Station (Keifuku), Arashiyama, Kyoto, Japan, decoration project developed by the interior designer Yasumichi Morita. The "Kimono Forest" consists of pieces of textile dyed in the Kyo-yuzen style, covered with acrylic fiber and shaped like 2-meter tall cylindrical poles installed around the station and the railway tracks.

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A Wild Roomer is a 1926 American slapstick short by Charley Bowers.

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