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Kinkakuji, or The Golden Pavilion, is a UNESCO World Heritage Site and one of the most exquisite temples and gardens in Japan

The Gardens of Kyoto

Japanese gardening is more than just an art or the careful arrangment of plants and rocks around ...

Japan John Lander

Torii gate, on Aoshima Island.Aoshima, Kyushu, Japan

Cruising Kyushu

It's Japan's southernmost main island, the "Hawaii" of the country. Cruising Kyushu takes you way...

Japan Graham Simmons

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It was a cloudy morning when I set out to visit Zuigakuin on Mt Takigo in Hatsukari. I'm now stay...

Japan Stefan Chiarantano

Me inside the main glasshouse of Koishikawa Botanical Gardens

Koishikawa Botanical Gardens

In the heart of busy Tokyo, there, Koishikawa Botanical Garden is the perfect place to get away f...

Japan victor wong

Tatami Room at Ekoin Temple, Koyasan

Koyasan - Japan's Holiest Retreat

Looking to stay in a temple (shukubo) in Japan? Ekoin is one of the most popular temples for th...

Japan Asia Images, John Lander

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Getting Settled in a Brave New World

In the best of all possible worlds, when you arrive in Japan, you'll be met at the airport by sev...

Japan Celeste Heiter

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I am writing about the silkworm. In my travels in Japan, I had seen the remnants of silk farms. W...

Japan Stefan Chiarantano

Childless Japan

Barely a month goes by without some report or expert on demographics lamenting the ageing of Japa...

Japan AFP/Francoise Kadri

Sunomono - Vinegar Salads

A favorite way to begin a Japanese meal is with a light vinegared salad made with cucumbers and o...

Japan Celeste Heiter

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The National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo

Located within Ueno Park, it displays Matsukata's French collection that survived the second worl...

Japan Stefan Chiarantano

Yu-Gi-Oh on the Web

As Yu-Gi-Oh grows in popularity, more and more places on the web are carrying Yu-Gi-Oh cards and ...

Japan Will Raus

In contemporary Japan, urban architecture is an eclectic juxtaposition of old-world traditional, post-war Bauhaus, and ultra-modern futuristic styles. And sometimes--it's a combination of all three!

High Rise Japan

A story told with photos.

Japan Robert George

Film Review: Firefly Dreams

With its debut in Nagoya Japan under the title Ichiban Utsukushii Natsu (The Most Wonderful Summe...

Japan Celeste Heiter

Sacred deer in Nara Park

Noontime In Nara

Why do we do it? Distance ourselves from home and family to travel to the furthest reaches of the...

Japan Graham Simmons

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Mr. Lowell Goes to Asia

A review of Percival Lowell's The Soul of the Far East, a dusty but nevertheless interesting book.

Japan / China / Korea, S Kenneth Champeon

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Eyes on the Prize........ Immigration Nihon-do (Japanese Style)

If you think going to the DMV is a pain in the you-know-what, just wait 'til you've done time at ...

Japan Celeste Heiter

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The Shadow of Perfection: Kawabata (Part I)

Before Wittgenstein arrived to spoil the party, artists used to populate shabby cafes asking ques...

Japan Kenneth Champeon

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Travels along the JR Iida line - Part One

Sunday, June 18, 2006 I visit Matsumoto to see the castle. It's less than a 2-hour train ride, wh...

Japan Stefan Chiarantano

The water is coldGive me strength to endure itAs I purge myselfOn the second Sunday of the New Year, wearing nothing more than loincloths called shitaobi and headbands called hachimaki, many Japanese men brave the icy waters of Teppozu Inari Jinja, a Shinto shrine in central Tokyo, to practice a yearly purification ritual.

Japanese Expressions II

A story told with photos.

Japan Robert George<br>Haiku by Celeste Heiter

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Japanese people are very modest. This modesty affects the way they use language. Even if someone ...

Japan Frank Lev

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