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I don’t know how many times I’ve returned to Kakunodate over the...
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When I first came to Tokyo in the mid 1980s, I stayed with...
Nine years have passed since Japan’s northeastern coast was hit by a <a...
For the longest time, it seemed like I could talk hardly anyone into...
Cincinnati and Cleveland get all the glory–or at least the sports fans, though...
In a nation famous for its high-tech bidet toilets, Tokyo is apparently...
One of my most sensuous memories is of a tree, in a forest...
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