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Ebi Chili

Recipe: Ebi Chili

The classic recipe for this dish calls for a Japanese ingredient called ‘tobajan', a spicy miso...

Japan / China Celeste Heiter

Springtime in Japan is one of the year's most anticipated events. With it comes Ohanami--cherry blossom time. During Ohanami season, which lasts only a few short weeks, the people of Japan turn out in droves to gather in city parks and private gardens in celebration of the ephemeral beauty of the flowering trees.

Ceremony and Ritual in Japan

A story told with photos.

Japan Robert George

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Japanese nun looks back on life of love

Jakucho Setouchi, the 84-year-old Japanese Buddhist nun and novelist best known for her translati...

Japan AFP/Harumi Ozawa

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A personal journey into the atomic bombing of Hiroshima

This personal essay isn't meant as a means to criticize or put down America. Far from it. I love ...

Japan Stefan Chiarantano

The Fox and the Foreigner

What is life but a series of experiences? And in Japan, even seemingly ordinary days rarely fail ...

Japan Celeste Heiter

After Life

Film Review: After Life

Known in Japanese as Wandafuru Raifu (Wonderful Life), After Life is written and directed by Hiro...

Japan Celeste Heiter

Roads Not Taken

We woke up to the sunrise and the shrill caw of morning crows. The plan was to arrive late in the...

Japan Nolan Webb

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Metropolitan Museum of Modern Art Tokyo

Metropolitan Museum of Modern Art Tokyo. On exhibit are the works of Japan's artists spanning fro...

Japan Stefan Chiarantano

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I visited some Japanese folks the other day. The husband was gone and I was talking to the mother...

Japan Frank Lev

From The Sushi Book by Celeste Heiter, photography by Marc Schultz

Chinese knock-offs feed French sushi craze

The French are crazy about sushi. The number of Japanese restaurants in Paris has jumped 30 perce...

Japan AFP/Jacqueline Pietsch

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Homelessness in Japan

I have come across homeless people in my travels in Japan. I have seen the tent communities in To...

Japan Stefan Chiarantano

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World Cup 2002, A Global Festival in Korea

The FIFA World Cup 2002 marks the first global festival of the 21st century. For the first time e...

Japan Doreen Cheong

Tropical Fruit Selection, Kampot, Cambodia

Cambodia's Coast - from Kep to Sihanoukville

Japan / Cambodia John Lander

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Five Seven Five - book review

Title: Five Seven Five Author: Celeste Heiter Photography: Robert George Five Seven Five d...

Japan Ernie Yap

Soba Noodles with Chicken and Shiitake Mushrooms

Recipe: Toshikoshi Soba

When translated into English, "toshikoshi" means "year passing", and these savory and satisfying ...

Japan Celeste Heiter

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Yamanashi Prefectural Museum

Great works of art and beautiful gardens move me. They leave me feeling inspired and refreshed. I...

Japan Stefan Chiarantano

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A Good Sake in Paris?

The typical French sake drinker is a chic, 30-year-old male, ready to splash out on a bottle as a...

Japan AFP/Emma Charlton

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Japan Stationary Museum

It's on the first floor of a building near Asakusabashi Subway Station. It's easy t...

Japan Stefan Chiarantano

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Isn't it funny how the qualities that first attract you to a person are often the same ones that ...

Japan Frank Lev

Every year on November 15, Japan celebrates Shichi-Go-San - Children's Day. Dressed in their very finest garments, girls and boys aged three, boys aged five, and girls aged seven, go with their families to nearby shrines, where they line up, sometimes for hours, to await their turn to be blessed by the presiding priest. After the blessing, the child is presented with a gift of long sticks of candy called chitose-ame, "thousand year sweets," wrapped in ornate bags decorated with cranes and turtles, both symbols of longevity.

Japanese Expressions

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Japan Robert George<br>Haiku by Celeste Heiter

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