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Oct 24, 2011 Article
Gouter Cafe
Lunches, Dinners and Sweets Imagine having a friend who lives in a funky renovated two-story apartment where there’s always cool music playing and something yummy on the stov...
Oct 24, 2011 Article
Yakushima, Kagoshima
Yakushima’s Deep Forests “Where’s the concrete?” was my first thought as the breathtaking river valley view lay below me. I had come to believe that Japan w...
Oct 24, 2011 Article
Meals on Wheels
Fukuoka’s Yatai Fukuoka City can be proud of many things; spicy mentai-ko, those soaring Hawks, and without question the ubiquious yatai (mobile food stalls) that pop-up all ...
Oct 24, 2011 Article
Shinseikai Binro no Yoru
Taiwanese Treat With so much attention focused on mainland China’s economic and social resurgence, it seems as though Taiwan has been pushed into the shadows. However, when i...
Oct 24, 2011 Article
Foxy Boxer
Mai Yanagawa Mai Yanagawa The first time I saw Mai she had tears in her eyes. Standing on stage at an Australian Consulate function she was bidding farewell to a superior with her ...
Oct 24, 2011 Article
Bagel & Bagel
Bagels and Beyond After years of apprenticing at bakeries in America, Bagel & Bagel owner Hiroki Hayashi realized that to bake a good bagel you needed “cold country̶...
Oct 24, 2011 Article
King of Commercials
Jean Christian Bouvier I first met Jean-Christian back in 1999 when he was preparing the launch of his first CM Festival in Fukuoka. He came into our office waving his hands all ov...
Oct 24, 2011 Article
Kuju, Oita
Cool Hot Springs and a Carpet of Lavender Finally tsuyu (rainy season) is over and the real Kyushu summer begins. Looking for a way to escape the city heat? Then take a trip to the...
Oct 24, 2011 Article
Bar Kurayoshi
Picture Perfect Cocktails ” “”A Gin and Tonic is actually a difficult drink to pour”” says Koji Kurayoshi who bartended at the Hotel New Otani in Fuku...
Oct 24, 2011 Article
Nice Girls Marry Last?
Makeinu Special You are a single, twenty-something Japanese career woman. Recently, two men have made passes at you. The first suitor is around your age. With a low salary and bori...