Above: For sale sign on the Japanese Embassy site on New Petchburi Road
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…..the old Japanese Embassy, that is. (The new one is on Wireless Rd, next to the former Suan Lum Night Bazaar, and actually opened quite a long time ago – I think at least 4 years?)