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Cai Evans
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel
Jun 29, 2008
Getting high and then horizontal in Langkawi
Ask any question you want in Langkawi and you will get a friendly response. But you may not get an answer. Take the following exchange I had with a musician who was leaving the Beach Garden restaurant as I was strolling in there in search of a late supper on my first night in the hot spot of Pantai Cenang:...
COMMUNITY / Issues / THE ZEIT GIST
Oct 4, 2005
Hidden wisdom of 'the guv,' Shintaro Ishihara
Adored by large sections of the Japanese public, reviled in equal measure by the foreign community and courted tirelessly by the domestic media: There are few more divisive figures in Japan today than Tokyo Gov. Shintaro Ishihara.
Japan Times
Features / WEEK 3
Dec 19, 2004
Hot and bothered -- but just about Jeb
There is a scene in the screwball British movie "Carry On . . . Follow that Camel" in which Jim Dale and Pete Butterworth are buried up to their necks in the desert after they upset the local sheikh. As they are slowly being cooked by the sun, a turbaned extra suggests that their eyeballs might make...
COMMUNITY / Issues / THE ZEIT GIST
Dec 30, 2003
Truth gets trampled by good stories
And why did the cops take 1,772 calls before deciding that someone was pulling their chain? We don't know. And we don't know why, or even if, the following people did these strange things, but heaven forbid we'd let the truth stand in the way of a good story.
MORE SPORTS
Oct 8, 2003
Eight players to take center stage
Jonny Wilkinson
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / NOTES FROM THE SMOKE
Jun 24, 2003
Tombs and top-notch tucker mark out historic Nippori
On the face of it, the languorous suburb of Nippori must have a tough time vying for attention with its more brazen rivals on the Yamanote Line.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / NOTES FROM THE SMOKE
May 27, 2003
Japan's cup, it runneth over
This week, Notes From the Smoke features a saucy deviation from the usual format.
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / NOTES FROM THE SMOKE
Apr 8, 2003
Joining the moonwalking children in the realms of weird science
The irresistible force of spring has swept through the Kitanomaru National Garden in Kudanshita.
COMMUNITY
Apr 1, 2003
Brave Tama-chan takes fame in his stride
If ever an amphibious mammal was catapulted to the forefront of a nation's consciousness, Tama-chan, the bearded seal who has taken up residence in Yokohama's Katabira River, is that animal.
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / NOTES FROM THE SMOKE
Feb 18, 2003
Disturbing artwork and disturbed fish on the Koenji trail
A recent visit to the suburb of Koenji reminded me of my JET program orientation in Kansai; I visited a temple, learned some outlandish local customs, ate sushi, and was shown around a vintage toy store with cosmic price tags.
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / NOTES FROM THE SMOKE
Jan 21, 2003
A reclaimed city that's for the birds (and bees)
An unintentionally caustic remark on one of the information boards that adorn Rainbow Bridge exposes the Gordian knot resting at the center of the vast Odaiba reclamation project in Tokyo Bay.
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / NOTES FROM THE SMOKE
Dec 24, 2002
Veering from Brookside Close to Robocop
As Notes From the Smoke afternoons go, the one I spent in Monzennaka-cho got off to an unpromising start.
COMMUNITY / NOTES FROM THE SMOKE
Nov 22, 2002
Iidabashi offers cheap passport to movie heaven
Going to the movies is one of life's great simple pleasures.
COMMUNITY / NOTES FROM THE SMOKE
Oct 25, 2002
Intestines, orange squash spur Celtic reverie
Culturally speaking, yakitori is as about Japanese as sumo wrestling, origami and the cultivation of square watermelons.
COMMUNITY / NOTES FROM THE SMOKE
Oct 4, 2002
A chance to see the best of Michaelangelo and Michael Owen
Major Sports Bar #23 in Takadanobaba is a real sports fan's sports bar.
Two of America’s biggest debt holders are dumping Treasurys
The U.S. Treasury building in Washington. Investors in Japan and China sold a pile of U.S. debt in the last quarter, just before the U.S. presidential election.
Russia fired experimental ballistic missile at Ukraine, Putin says
Ukrainian firefighters work on a spot following an airstrike in Dnipro on Thursday.
Ishiba aggravates his own political failures with diplomatic faux pas
Prime Minster Shigeru Ishiba is greeted at the APEC summit in Lima by Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Friday. The Japanese leader was criticized for remaining seated while meeting several world leaders at the event.
Japan's 3.31 million visitors in October set monthly record
Kiyomizu Temple in Kyoto in December 2023. Famous autumn leaf colors contributed to increased tourism demand last month from many markets across Asia, Europe and North America, the Japan National Tourism Organization has said.
Japan ranks last in romance satisfaction for second straight year
In a survey of 31 countries, Japan ranked last in terms of those who felt loved, with just 51% of respondents saying so.
The slow-burn success of ‘A Samurai in Time’
A 19th-century warrior gets struck by lightning and wakes to find himself in 21st-century Kyoto in Junichi Yasuda’s surprise hit “A Samurai in Time.”
Around a quarter of Japan married couples in their 20s met through dating apps
A survey released by an organization promoting “Good Couples Day” shows that 24% of couples in their 20s met their marriage partner through a dating app.
'Tokyo Swindlers': Get deep into the minds of real estate con artists
In Ko Shinjo's "Tokyo Swindlers," a group of con artists manipulates real estate giants into falsified deals within the highly competitive, quick market.
Japan, U.K. and Italy discuss inviting more countries to joint fighter project
A new concept model of a next-generation fighter jet to be jointly developed by Japan, Britain and Italy is on display in Farnborough, Hampshire, in July.
Haruki Murakami's 'The City and Its Uncertain Walls' gives deep deja vu
For “The City and Its Uncertain Walls,” translated into English by Philip Gabriel, Haruki Murakami confronts the ghosts who won't leave him alone.

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