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Seijin Hi: Coming of Age Day in Japan

Yesterday (January 14) was a national holiday in Japan. It was Coming of Age Day. On this day, al...

Japan Frank Lev

Bardsongs

Lost and Found at Cinequest 21

This year, eight films were available on DVD for pre-screening and review: Bardsongs, Snow, Bi Do...

Japan / Vietnam / Sri Lanka Celeste Heiter

Hadaka Matsuri Getting Naked...In Japan...In January

For most of us, a chilly January morning conjures up images of snuggling under blankets in flanne...

Japan Celeste Heiter

Maiko

My life In Tokyo

Just a couple pics from my hood.

Japan / Thailand Stephen Bueckert

Cherry Blossoms

Film Review: Cherry Blossoms

Family issues and secrets are revealed when a terminally ill man and his wife travel to Berlin to...

Japan Celeste Heiter

Goldfish Go Home

Strangers in Strange Lands at Cinequest 2013

Now in its 23rd year, the Cinequest Film Festival, held annually in San Jose, Calif., once again ...

Japan / Vietnam / India Celeste Heiter

Bangkok Air runs several daily flights between Bangkok and Siem Reap.

Discount Airlines of Asia

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

Japan / Indonesia / Singapore ThingsAsian

Kotoyo Motohashi, 68, Japan's legendary 'Ama' woman shellfish diver, smiles at a sea shore in Shirahama city, 100km southeast of Tokyo. Motohashi has been diving without tanks since the age of 18.

Japan's Ama Women Divers

SHIRAHAMA, Japan, June 15, 2003 - Japan's legendary ama women shellfish divers, immortalised on s...

Japan AFP/Francoise Kadri

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American Boarding Schools - a book review

A directory of American Boarding Schools, compiled with international students in mind...

Japan / Vietnam / Singapore Ernie Yap

Neatly folded kimonos and the Buddhist Scriptures were provided in our ryokan

Relaxing Ryokan

My husband had his best sleep ever in our ryokan in Japan.

Japan MaryLou Driedger

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

Japan / Vietnam / Thailand 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

The huge monument of Tengu outside Kurama Station

Possessed by the Ancient Spirit of Kyoto

Spend an alternative day dressed in Kimono, encounter Tengu in Mount Kurama and seek revenge or p...

Japan victor wong

Silk, by Alessandro Baricco

The Unbearable Lightness of Silk

A review of an astonishingly beautiful novel partially set in Japan: Silk, what lesser critics ca...

Japan Kenneth Champeon

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

Japan / China / India Kenneth Champeon

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