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Sakurajima Island, Japan Tsukiyomi-jinja Shrine

Surviving Sakurajima

I didn't get erupted upon while on Sakurajima Island. Maybe the volcano was taking a rest (it bei...

Japan Graham Simmons

Kiso Valley, Japan: The trail leads up through "Old Magome".

Finding Green in Japan: Hiking the Kiso Valley

The author hits the Kiso Road (Kiso-ji) in Japan.

Japan Graham Simmons

Cinequest 2016 - Night Song

Love is in the Air at Cinequest 2016

In its 26th year, the Cinequest Film Festival, held annually in San Jose, Calif., once again has ...

Japan / China / India Celeste Heiter

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Gangsters Not Welcome

Japan gets tough on yakuza gangsters...

Japan AFP/Frank Zeller

Take a ride on the tram, Tokyo Disneyland.

Tokyo Disneyland for the Child at Heart

On a Christmas visit to Disneyland, the author finds out it is both for children and the child at...

Japan Puspa Malar

incense pouches from Ishigurokoho

Crazy Shopping or Relaxed Browsing for a Day in the Heart of Kyoto

Shop till you drop! Kyoto's shopping has never been so much fun. The key is get things uniquely...

Japan victor wong

Shabu-Shabu Japanese Hot Pot Stew

Shabu-Shabu is one of Japan's many 'hot pot' recipes, traditionally served in a simmering kettle ...

Japan Celeste Heiter

Tampopo Dinner & a Movie Recipes

Here are links to the recipes for making a traditional Japanese dinner: Dashi (Soup Stock) Rice &...

Japan Celeste Heiter

Detail of a Japanese print by Hokusai Katsushika (1760-1849) 'Mount Fuji, wave', part of French Hugette Beres' collection of Japanese prints, drawings and books.

Megasale of rare Japanese prints

* * * * * PARIS, Nov 23, 2002 - It is the last major collection of Japanese prints still in priva...

Japan AFP/Annick Chapoy

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Irezumi - Scarred Beauty

Geri Halliwell has a small star tattooed on her back. Manchester United hero David Beckham has hi...

Japan Nabanita Dutt

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Japan's indigenous Ainu still fighting for their land and dignity

TOKYO, Nov 21, 2002 - Discriminated against and almost wiped out as a distinct ethnic group by di...

Japan AFP/Francoise Kadri

Film Review: The Last Life in the Universe

Is it possible for a film to be, at once, existential, fatalistic and nihilistic without being a ...

Japan Celeste Heiter

To Have and Have Not: Southeast Asian Raw Materials and the Origins of the Pacific War

No Blood For Rubber

Review of Jonathan Marshall's To Have and Have Not: Southeast Asian Raw Materials and the Origin...

Japan / Vietnam / Singapore Kenneth Champeon

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Minami-Senju, a friend pointed out to me, is Tokyo's ghetto. I was flabbergasted when he told me ...

Japan Stefan Chiarantano

The Hidden Blade

Film Review: The Hidden Blade

Based upon the novel by Shûhei Fujisawa, The Hidden Blade is the second in a trilogy of samurai ...

Japan Celeste Heiter

A bowl of ramen is a self-contained universe.

Film Review: The Ramen Girl

Ramen is the main dish in this buoyant homage to Juzo Itami's epicurean classic Tampopo.

Japan Celeste Heiter

'Firefly Dreams' Japanese Recipes & Photos

The menu to accompany the Japanese film 'Firefly Dreams' includes Sembei, Edamame, Sunomono, Miso...

Japan Celeste Heiter

Of Rice and Zen: The Essentials of Japanese Cuisine

With the ubiquitous sushi bar springing up in such out-of-the-way places as Omaha Nebraska, Jacks...

Japan Celeste Heiter

Shaken... Not Stir Fried: 007 Does Asia

You Only Live Twice: Bond prevents SPECTRE from starting a war between the U.S. and Russia... Oct...

Japan / China / Korea, N Will Raus

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Of Hope and Hiroshima

Review of Kenzaburo Oe's Hiroshima Notes, Grove Press, 1996.

Japan Kenneth Champeon

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