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The Floating World

An essay on the geisha, drawing on two books on the subject - Liza Dalby's Geisha and Lesley Down...

Japan Kenneth Champeon

Buying and Trading to Build Your Yu-Gi-Oh Deck

There are many different cards in the game of Yu-Gi-Oh. Almost every different one has a differen...

Japan Will Raus

Tandoori Love

Asian Films Play "I've Got a Secret" at San Jose'sCinequest 2009

Each year, ThingsAsian features reviews of all the Asian and Asia-related films entered for compe...

Japan / Indonesia / China Celeste Heiter

Hina Dolls

Priceless Dolls

Since ancient times and in all parts of the world, dolls have been created for many reasons. To d...

Japan Audrey Lim

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The Public Baths

On Sunday a few weeks ago, I went to the sento (public baths) here for the first time. Maybe you'...

Japan Frank Lev

Pagong's exclusive kimono silk shirt with vintage flower design

Silk Buying in Asia

Buying silk in Kyoto, Yogyakarta, Kuching, Chiang Mai and Hanoi is fun.

Japan / Vietnam / Indonesia victor wong

Yuichi Nakasho feeding a piece of cake to his bride, Yuko Sasakawa, during their wedding reception at a wedding hall in Tokyo.

Christian marriages increasingly the norm in Japan

Immaculately dressed in a black tuxedo and bow tie, Yuichi Nakasho and Yuko Sasagawa, his bride i...

Japan AFP/Francoise Kadri

Two hundred years ago, Japanese haiku poet Yosa Buson wrote: I cannot see her tonight I have to g...

Japan Nabanita Dutt

Film Review: Tampopo (Written, Directed and Produced by Juzo Itami)

Food, Glorious Food! And the thousand ways it ignites the human spirit, from a decadent culinary ...

Japan Celeste Heiter

Mikimoto Island

I have a small confession to make. Sometimes I steal things. While my stealing is petty and doesn...

Japan Frank Lev

Zensai - Japanese Snacks and Appetizer Recipes

Enjoying a variety of bite-sized foods over cold beers and hot sake is one of the best ways to re...

Japan Celeste Heiter

SENTO - Oasis of Everyday Life in Japan: An Interview with Photographer Markuz Wernli

Photography helps me to record and share the small daily wonders and insignificant visual sensati...

Japan Celeste Heiter

Film Review: Laundry

Oddly enough, an old Mexican proverb, "God creates them, and they find each other," perfectly epi...

Japan Celeste Heiter

Sakurajima Volcano

Sakurajima Volvano

Japan and the Ring of Fire

Japan Jan Polatschek

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Japan's Kochi airport named after samurai with six-shooter

KOCHI, Japan, Nov 16, 2003 - The United States has JFK and Ronald Reagan, France has Charles de G...

Japan AFP/Jonathan Annells

Koya-San, Japan's Holy Mountain

Mist shrouds the surrounding hills. The wind is cold and biting. Yet an extraordinary energy perv...

Japan Graham Simmons

A view from Kurama Temple

Happy Birthday Buddha

Monday, May 7th was an amazing day for me. It was Buddha's birthday, and it started out in an ama...

Japan Frank Lev

Glenn Close as Adrienne Pargiter in Paradise Road

Film Review: Paradise Road

Film Review: Paradise Road by Celeste Heiter How silent is this place The brilliant sunshi...

Japan / Indonesia / Malaysia Celeste Heiter

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Japanese culture is one that is obsessed with cleanliness. This can be seen from the important cu...

Japan Frank Lev

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Tokyo's Golden-gai bar district

Taking a walk through Tokyo's Golden-gai bar district is like stepping back in time to early post...

Japan AFP/Hiroshi Hiyama

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