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How’s this for a stylish and elaborate way to announce dinner? This dinner gong exhibits faux bamboo supports and sparrows in flight, and showcases the European maker’s interpretation of Japanese admiration for the natural world as well as Japan's influence on Western art. See “Japonisme: A Passion for Japan” on display, post-security, in Terminal 2 and online at: https://bit.ly/JaponismeSFO
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