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I love visiting second hand stores and flea markets. It's an opportunity to examine what people h...

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

This flaming display held in mid-February is called Dondo yaki, in which huge pyres of New Year's decorations are burned to send off old spirits and to pray for health and safety in the upcoming year.

Photo of the Day Archive for January 2004

Photo of the Day Archive for January 2004

Japan Albert Wen

Soul, Searching

Review of Pico Iyer's The Global Soul, describing Hong Kong and Japan among other Asian locales.

Japan / China / India Kenneth Champeon

Fish brokers checking frozen tunas before their auction at the world's largest fish market at Tsukiji in Tokyo.

Japan's famous tuna auction now off-limits to tourists

* * * TOKYO, May 9, 2005 - The world's biggest fish market, Tsukiji in the heart of Tokyo, on Mon...

Japan AFP

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Blood, Sweat, and Tea

Review of Yasunari Kawabata's Beauty and Sadness.

Japan Kenneth Champeon

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The Japanese moon

While living in Komagane, I had wonderful views of the moon and enjoyed its beauty. On my evening...

Japan Stefan Chiarantano

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The Ginger Tree: A review of the screenplay

I love reading screenplays and was very pleased to pick up a copy of the screenplay 'The Ginger T...

Japan Stefan Chiarantano

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Japan's mobile phone marvels go back to the future

NTT DoCoMo's 'Future Station' showcases its vision of the world in 2020...

Japan AFP/Frank Zeller

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A correspondence in embroidery

One of the main draws at the international salon on needlework in Paris, 2008 - twenty years of c...

Japan Agence-France Presse AFP

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Story telling, Manga-style

Attend a comic book reading in Shimokitazawa, cradle of Tokyo's underground culture...

Japan AFP/Kimiko de Freytas-Tamura

Nestled in a quiet corner of this tiny private garden, a stone Buddha adds an element of contemplative serenity.

Photo of the Day Archive for November 2003

Photo of the Day Archive for November 2003

Japan Albert Wen

A la recherche du temps poetique et romantique (et perdu)

* * * * * Lady Murasaki. The Tale of Genji , trans. Arthur Waley. * * * * * Quick - no peeking. W...

Japan Kenneth Champeon

Although baseball has gained enormous popularity since its introduction to Japan, sumo wrestling still remains its national sport. Sumo fans turn out in droves to enjoy the six tournaments called basho held throughout the year. Here, a crowd waits for the sumo basho to begin.

Photo of the Day Archive for July 2006

Photo of the Day Archive for July 2006

Japan Albert Wen

Thai food is fast becoming a favorite cuisine throughout the world. Fresh, healthy ingredients and vibrant flavors combine to produce dishes irresistible to both Eastern and Western palates.

Photo of the Day Archive for August 2003

Photo of the Day Archive for August 2003

Japan Albert Wen

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Japanese Marital Arts

A rather threadbare couplet by Sir Walter Scott asks us to compare the product of a busy liar wit...

Japan Kenneth Champeon

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Japanese Ghosts

I haven't seen them but I have definitely heard them. After moving into my unit, several months l...

Japan Stefan Chiarantano

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A Master of Patience

A review of Natsume Soseki's Kokoro.

Japan Kenneth Champeon

My visit to the Yasukuni Shrine

His private visits to the Yasukuni shrine provokes the ire of many Asian countries. Why does Prim...

Japan Stefan Chiarantano

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The Sakura had come into bloom in the early weeks of April and their blossoms brought beauty and ...

Japan Stefan Chiarantano

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