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Eriko Arita
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel
Sep 20, 2009
Down by the waterside
Rivers, fountains, roses and art; they're all there on Nakanoshima Island in Osaka, just a stone's throw away but a world apart from the flashy neon and garish glitz of the city's bustling Dotonbori dining and entertainment hub.
Japan Times
LIFE / WEEK 3
Sep 20, 2009
Car-sharing catches on as a cheap and cheerful way to go
Thinking of traveling from Tokyo to Osaka? Take a shinkansen bullet train or fly and it will set you back around ¥14,000. But if you share the costs of making the trip by car, you'll likely pay half that or less.
LIFE / Travel
Sep 20, 2009
Down by the waterside
Rivers, fountains, roses and art; they're all there on Nakanoshima Island in Osaka, just a stone's throw away but a world apart from the flashy neon and garish glitz of the city's bustling Dotonbori dining and entertainment hub.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / CLOSE-UP
Sep 6, 2009
Donald Keene: A life lived true to the words
Donald Keene is one of the greatest scholars of Japanese literature and has been highly influential in the establishment of Japanese studies in the West.
Events / Events Outside Tokyo
Aug 21, 2009
Haitian musicians set to tour
Passionate Caribbean sounds are sure to excite those who choose to attend "Haiti Passion and Music: All Stars from a Musical Paradise," a series of concerts that are to be held in major cities across Japan until Sept. 8.
Japan Times
LIFE / WEEK 3
Aug 16, 2009
Fishery fair nets shoals of hopefuls
The recruiters and job-seekers gathered recently in a hall in central Tokyo looked serious but excited as they sat facing each other and talking across tables. But this wasn't an event pitching young men in suits against corporate managers.
Japan Times
Events / Events Outside Tokyo
Aug 14, 2009
A little Indonesia in Tokyo
Spicy curry, beautiful batik fabrics and traditional Javanese dancing, Tokyo's Yoyogi Park will transform into a Little Indonesia Aug. 15-16.
Japan Times
Events / Events Outside Tokyo
Aug 7, 2009
Beer fest brings out the bands
Enjoy beers and free live music from a variety of genres in Tokyo's Shiodome.
Events / Events Outside Tokyo
Jul 24, 2009
Learn about salt this summer
Do you know how to make salt?
Japan Times
LIFE / WEEK 3
Jul 19, 2009
Latin passions come to town with Asia's top tangoistas
Tango, that intimate dance of sorrow and passion that has swept the world since it was first developed in Argentina around 130 years ago, has proved increasingly attractive to "social dancers" in Japan in recent years.
Japan Times
Events / Events Outside Tokyo
Jul 17, 2009
Go swim with fishes high in the sky
Does the ocean glitter like a cool mirage in your overheated mind this summer? Rather than trek out to the real thing, all you have to do is dive up to the "Sky Aquarium III" exhibit running through Oct. 4 at Tokyo City View on the 52nd floor of Roppongi Hills' Mori Tower.
Japan Times
Events / Events Outside Tokyo
Jul 10, 2009
Enjoy watching free movies under the stars
In Yebisu Garden Place, a commercial complex in Tokyo's Ebisu, films from Japan and other countries will be shown free of charge on Friday evenings, weekends and holidays from July 17 to Aug. 9.
Events / Events Outside Tokyo
Jun 26, 2009
Cool down this summer on a booze cruise
Does drinking, dancing and enjoying a magnificent view on a ferry cruising around Tokyo Bay sound like a great night out to you?
Japan Times
LIFE / Lifestyle / WEEK 3
Jun 21, 2009
Drawn to the land
Considering that Japan is only 40 percent self-sufficient in terms of its food supply, few would dispute that the country's agriculture is in a deepening crisis.
Japan Times
Events / Events Outside Tokyo
Jun 19, 2009
The coolest way to beat the heat
Shaved ice is the perfect way to cool down during Japan's scorching summers, and at the Kakigori Matsuri (Festival of Shaved Ice) Namco Namjatown, a theme park in Tokyo, visitors can experience all sorts of weird and wonderful flavors of the sweet snack between June 20 and Sept. 13.
Japan Times
Events / Events Outside Tokyo
Jun 12, 2009
New film offers food for thought
Life would not be life without eating. This is the theme of a new documentary on the relationship between people and food, which is screened in Tokyo until June 26.
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / CLOSE-UP
Jun 7, 2009
Kang Sang Jung: Born but not Bred
Kang Sang Jung is one of the most influential ethnically Korean residents of Japan (zainichi). A political science professor at the University of Tokyo, he also gives lectures around the country, is a regular television commentator and has a column in the prestigious weekly current affairs magazine Aera....
LIFE
May 24, 2009
City's new gateway to worlds apart
When I was walking to Osanbashi Pier, I noticed that the asphalt road changed to a wooden deck leading me up a slope to a grassy hilltop.
Japan Times
LIFE
May 24, 2009
Happy Birthday Yokohama!
For untold generations it was a muddy little fishing village on present-day Tokyo Bay. Then the destiny of Yokohama (meaning "broad beach") changed forever when a U.S. naval squadron led by Commodore Matthew Perry dropped anchor there in February 1854.
LIFE / Style & Design
May 10, 2009
Fundoshi: undercover revolution
Loincloths called fundoshi have been the traditional underwear for Japanese men since ancient times, and though most now wear Western-style undershorts, they still don fundoshi at such events as local street festivals and to engage in sumo.
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.
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.
Ruling coalition and DPP strike last-minute deal over economic policy
DPP policy chief Makoto Mahaguchi speaks at the party's policy gathering in Tokyo on Wednesday.
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.
Japanese expats in Asia find community through rugby
The Taiwan Fivewoods celebrate their victory at the 2023 Asian Japanese Rugby Cup in December of last year.
In Fukushima, a weekend of prose, poetry and translation
Aomori-based writer JJ Carter presented on tabletop gaming as creative inspiration for building characters and narratives.
For Dr. Nakamats, aging is just experience in action
Though he didn't win the recent gubernatorial election in Tokyo, the 96-year-old Dr. Nakamats' run was seen as inspirational in Japan's aging society.

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