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07/17/2023

Dress for Distress

Hair Shirts, Immobilizing Kimonos & Exploding Bustles

by Stan Tymorek

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08/31/2020

Seven Minutes in Moss Forest

Beware the leeches

by Joan Marcus

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12/02/2019

Towers of Ivory

Does Japan have an ivory problem? It’s complicated.

by John Frederick Walker

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09/25/2017

Looking for Basho

Poetic travel in North Japan

by Fritz Snyder

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06/29/2017

Our Basement Izakaya

In search of a dram of comfort

by Aaron Gilbreath

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02/22/2017

Ganja-Acid

What I learned at a bar in Osaka, Japan

by Aaron Gilbreath

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01/05/2017

An Ode to Japanese Curry

A defense

by Aaron Gilbreath

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11/28/2016

Tacos / Takos

Finding tacos in Japan

by Aaron Gilbreath

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11/15/2016

Ode to Canned Fish

A defense

by Aaron Gilbreath

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09/13/2016

Conbini Life: Kyoto, Japan

The thing about Japanese convenience stores is that they're awesome.

by Aaron Gilbreath

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