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Indulge your Prince Charming fantasies here...

Tokyo's Butlers Café taps into the popular fantasy of Japanese girls that they will grow up to m...

Japan AFP/Kanako Nakanishi

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SJF Seeks SJM For Cherry Blossom-Viewing

It is a truth universally acknowledged, begins Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice , "that a single...

Japan Kenneth Champeon

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Mishima's Last Words: The Sea of Fertility Part II

It is now 1940. Honda is middle-aged and Japan is on the brink of war with the United States. Lat...

Japan Kenneth Champeon

Costume Play Diver

Always on Sunday in Harajuku

Strolling down Harajuku's main drag, Omotesando, a gaggle of goths put on finishing touches to th...

Japan John Lander, Asian Images

A giant ferris wheel, in Korakuen Amusement Park. Tokyo, Japan.

A Random Walk Through Technokyo

If all that glitters were gold, Tokyo would be doubly rich. Every turn you take in this dynamic c...

Japan Graham Simmons

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Doing the tourist thing in Komagane, Nagano

Today I did the tourist thing. I have written this piece from the Shibuta Kyukei Cafe Studio. It ...

Japan Stefan Chiarantano

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'Riding Alone for Thousands of Miles' Chinese Favorites in Japan - Recipes & Photos

The film Riding Alone for Thousands of Miles is the story of a Japanese man who travels to China ...

Japan / China Celeste Heiter

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Japan's 'net cafe refugees'

Japan's omnipresent net cafes are equipped with sofas, drinks, computers and comic books. Meals s...

Japan AFP

Japanese Bento Boxes

Recipe: Japanese Bento Boxes

Bento is a term for a Japanese boxed lunch, traditionally wrapped in a colorful scarf or handkerc...

Japan Celeste Heiter

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A Chop Heard Round the World: Mishima

* * * * * Review of Yukio Mishima's The Temple of Dawn , Vintage Books, 1990. * * * * * On Novemb...

Japan Kenneth Champeon

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Ganbatte Means For It! Or...How to Become an English Teacher in Japan - a book review

Title: Ganbatte Means For It! Or...How to Become an English Teacher in Japan Author: Celeste Heit...

Japan Ernie Yap

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Japan on the Web

Outdoor Japan . Your guide to traveling the outdoors in Japan. Here, you can plan a trip and join...

Japan ThingsAsian

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There is a lovely woman at my school who in her free time and at her own expense displays an Ikeb...

Japan Stefan Chiarantano

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Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography

If you get a chance to visit Tokyo, why not take in the Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography....

Japan Stefan Chiarantano

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In Japan, bestsellers now come via handset

Cell phone novels are becoming so popular in Japan they are now considered a new literary genre...

Japan AFP/Kimiko de Freytas-Tamura

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Today I visited Ueno zoo and was pleasantly surprised. I had gone mainly to see the star of the s...

Japan Stefan Chiarantano

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I lived in a small town filled with rice fields. They were mostly rectangular in shape. The town ...

Japan Stefan Chiarantano

Long ago, when many families lived on farms, they called Chinese New Year the Spring Festival. With clearer skies and warmer winds came anticipation for what lay ahead. Seeing spring on the way, they would get ready to plant fresh food, hope for a strong, new harvest, and welcome visits from old friends. "Gung hey fat choy!" they would say to each other, "Congratulations and wealth!" or "Xin nian kuai le!", which means "New Year happiness!"

Photo of the Day Archive for January 2006

Photo of the Day Archive for January 2006

Japan Albert Wen

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The photography of Iijima Kouei on view at the JCII Photo Salon

If you have an interest in Japanese photography, do visit the JCII Photo Salon near Hanzomon Stat...

Japan Stefan Chiarantano

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Finally, some "real" Japanese restaurants...

Is the 'sushi police' coming to a Japanese restaurant near you?

Japan AFP/Shingo Ito

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