The Big Apple: Big Persimmon (summary)

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Above, Big Apple Corner at 54th Street and Broadway in Manhattan.

Above, John J. Fitz Gerald, from the Oct. 17, 1931, Turf Play, p. 7.

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Entry from July 23, 2006

Big Persimmon (summary)

Tokyo is very seldom called “the Big Persimmon,” but some have used the term. There is a blog called “The Big Persimmon” (http://little-wings.com/wordpress/).

http://www.persimmon-mag.com/winter2003/feature2.htm
ON-SITE: A MONTH IN TOKYO
by Lawrence Rogers
May 24, 2001

I’m startled on the train in from the airport by a sudden and violent blast of air that hits the train’s windows as another train passes by in the opposite direction on the next track. You forget these everyday things when you’ve been away. The shock generates a haiku moment.

Forgotten noises:
An air blast rattles windows
in the Big Persimmon

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Nicknames of Other Places • Big Persimmon (Tokyo nickname) • (0) Comments • Sunday, July 23, 2006 • Permalink