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The point of fishing may not be fishing
And sometimes schools of mackerel laugh at you
 • Jack Krown
The boars will think twice next time
Glen'ers grapple with a band of marauding boars. And almost come to blows themselves.
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The Tale of Emma
I was freelancing for a weekly Tokyo paper back in 2005. I had to ask, are magic goats a thing?
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Have a seat. It's your living room.
Most towns in Japan, even the dustier nooks of the big metropolises, still have a family-run eatery. The plastic menu'd and microwave-food conglomerates…
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A Warren of Smoke
And food (carefully) thrust at you on a long paddle
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Note: There are no dragons in Japan on December 31
New Years here is different.
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Rub-a-dub-dub with the neighbors
My first apartment in Japan didn’t have a bath, so like many in the neighborhood I went to the public baths every night. This was our town square.
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Mr. Motomura's Drivers Ed Class
Good morning, foreigners aspiring to receive Japanese driver’s licenses!
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The Setting Sun of the Seto Inland Sea
Hajime Yamaura and his wife Kasumi moved from the rush and costs of Nagoya City back to her family’s uninhabited and decaying home high in the hills of…
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Like ice cold sea water and urine
Some 'foods' should never reach a dinner plate.
 • Jack Krown
Ask Mr. Noguchi
Our editor addresses Japanese issues that matter to you
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Japan's summer is now named Curtis
And he's pissed.
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