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Oct 24, 2011 Article
Fukuoka’s Fresh Fish Marke
Something Smells Fishy Here! From ramen to shochu and the hearty fare of its sidewalk stalls, Hakata is a gourmand’s delight, but a listing of the local menu is incomplete wi...
Oct 24, 2011 Article
My Top Ten Misconceptions Japanese People Make About Gaijin
by Satoshi Kawase When I am around Japanese people there is a odd thing I like to tell them. “The weird thing about Japan is that it’s filled with Japanese people.̶...
Oct 24, 2011 Article
Beppu, Oita
Warm Winter Getaway – Beppu and Oita With winter vacation over and spring vacation not even on the radar, thoughts naturally turn to taking a weekend day trip to a warm and r...
Oct 24, 2011 Article
Haleakala
Island Style Named after a volcano on the Hawaiian island of Maui, Haleakala translates into “house of the sun”. Like the lava in its namesake, Haleakala, with its glas...
Oct 24, 2011 Article
Body Singer KOKO
It was at an after-party for the legendary African percussionist, Mamady Keita, at the Sea Hawk Hotel in 1999 that I first saw Koko. I was surprised to see her and the other young ...
Oct 24, 2011 Article
Mogura
Cafe & Shochu – Showa-style “In an old wooden home in the back streets of Shirogane that was previously used as a pottery gallery, graphic designer by day, shochu ...
Oct 24, 2011 Article
Actor & Actress TOMATO
Many foreigners find it difficult to understand the popularity of Japanese “okama entertainment”. It has less to do with sex than the performers’ ability to take ...
Oct 24, 2011 Article
Mizukami-mura, Kumamoto
Phantom Fish and Nature School Ahh, March! When the sun regains its power and the feeling in your limbs returns. After spending all winter under the kotatsu trying to figure out Ja...
Oct 24, 2011 Article
Kyushu Sweets
A Trip Down the Sugar Road Admit it–everybody loves sweet treats, whether they are cream-filled Western-style delights, refined Japanese confections, mass-market goodies stac...
Oct 24, 2011 Article
Shamrocking The Irish Way!
St. Patrickﾕs Day is approaching again – the day when the whole world goes green! Originally a holy day commemorating the death of St. Patrick, the founder of Christianity in...
