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Discount Airlines of Asia

Dozens of low-cost airlines have been launched recently in Asia, transforming the continent's tra...

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Book Review: Kitchen by Banana Yoshimoto

The place I like best in this world is the kitchen. No matter where it is, no matter what kind, i...

Japan Celeste Heiter

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Yakuza: The Japanese Mafia

* * * * * "The nail that sticks up must be hammered down" - Japanese proverb * * * * * There's no...

Japan Nabanita Dutt

Go to the movies with Celeste...

Celeste Goes to the Movies

Film Reviews by Celeste Heiter

Vietnam / Thailand / Japan Celeste Heiter

A Geisha at Sanja Matsuri, one of Tokyo’s liveliest and most widely-attended festivals

Geishas Of Japan - A Snapshot

Japanese people, I am told, do not like talking about their geisha. The few I dared to ask, seeme...

Japan Nabanita Dutt

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Which Comes First, the Job or the Apartment?

The triad tasks of finding a place to live, getting yourself hired as an English teacher, and pro...

Japan Celeste Heiter

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Enlightenment as Neurosis

Review of Yukio Mishima's The Temple of the Golden Pavilion.

Japan Kenneth Champeon

Japanese Cooking Utensils and Serving Dishes

In a perfect world, every home kitchen would be equipped with the finest tools and the most elega...

Japan Celeste Heiter

In the late 1980s, author Pico Iyer embarked on an Asian journey with the purpose of discovering ...

China / India / Indonesia Kenneth Champeon

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Japan's Lolita girls

Named after the title of Vladimir Nabokov's novel, Japan's Lolita girls make one of the latest tr...

Japan AFP/Harumi Ozawa

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Ganbatte - Means "Go For It!" or ... How to become an English Teacher in Japan

So you want to teach English in Japan? Well...take it from one who's done just that - pack your b...

Japan Celeste Heiter, <i>Eigo no Sensei</i>

Are You a Sushi Virgin?

It's the 21st century. Every third car on the road is a Honda, a Nissan, a Toyota, or a Mitsubish...

Japan Celeste Heiter

Stocking a Japanese Pantry

When making Japanese cuisine at home, simple doesn't always mean quick and easy. With all the was...

Japan Celeste Heiter

Film Review: The Last Samurai

A perfect blossom is a rare thing...You could spend your life looking for one, And it would not b...

Japan Celeste Heiter

Book Review: The Sailor Who Fell from Grace with the Sea by Yukio Mishima

Set against the backdrop of Post World War II Japan, on the shores of the Yokohama Harbor, Yukio ...

Japan Celeste Heiter

Film Review: Memoirs of a Geisha

Based upon the critically acclaimed novel by Arthur Golden, this much-anticipated film tells the ...

Japan Celeste Heiter

Temple or Shrine?...Which is it?

Shrines and Temples. Temples and Shrines. There are countless thousands of them, both large and s...

Japan Celeste Heiter

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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

Every year on November 15, Japan celebrates Shichi-Go-San--Children's Day. Dressed in their very finest garments, girls and boys aged three, boys aged five, and girls aged seven, go with their families to nearby shrines, where they line up, sometimes for hours, to await their turn to be blessed by the presiding priest. After the blessing, the child is presented with a gift of long sticks of candy called chitose-ame, "thousand year sweets," wrapped in ornate bags decorated with cranes and turtles, both symbols of longevity.

A story told with photos.

Japan Robert George

A Beginner's Guide to Yu-Gi-Oh

Breaker the Magical Warrior, Exodia the Forbidden One, Summoned Skull, Buster Blader. "What the h...

Japan Will Raus

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