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You must be able to label (in kanji) all 8 sections of a common-or-garden koi in order to pass the Japanese citizenship test.

This has been making me laugh. It appears to be just the one page, and I know nothing about the author, but a book of this stuff should really be published, if only to put the noses of 'snotty gaijins' firmly out of joint. (If you've spent any time in Japan, you'll know the sort of people I mean. And if you are one of those people, please stop wearing a kimono and geta to every event possible. To be honest, you look less Japanese than you do a total ume ['plum']. Jeans and T-shirt is just fine )

In fact, if you're going to Japan for the first time, it will probably be of more use in educating you about customs etc than many 'proper' guidebooks. (With the exception of mine, of course.) Still, I don't know if it's quite true about koi never photographing well. I was quite pleased with a couple of snaps I took.