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Love Hotel

Japan’s No-Tell Motels The words “love hote […]

Mike Kontas

For the last thirteen years Mike has been studying and practicing a discipline of Japanese swordsmanship known as Shin Kage Ryu (New Shadow Style).

2 Brits, a car, & 12 hours

12 Hours East of Fukuoka Spring has sprung and this has […]

Kinenan

Genki Porridge After years of preparing Chinese food in […]

Dodesho?

Think English teaching is a cushy job? For some it still is, but if you are unlucky enough to be a non-JET ALT (Assistant Language Teacher), be prepared to be the meat in a sandwic...

Salt Man

Shuichi Hirakawa For a man just embarking on his thirti […]

Hakata Medeta-ya

Kool & Kitsch “During his many years of livi […]

Akaike-machi, Tagawa-gun, Fukuoka Prefecture

A pottery village at the base of Fukuchi Mountain Akaik […]