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LIFE / Japan Showcase / GREAT TAMBA AREA
Jan 31, 2014

Sightseeing off the beaten track in rural Kyoto

Mere minutes after the Sagano Scenic Railway train leaves its terminus in the popular suburb of Arashiyama just outside Kyoto, civilization abruptly falls away. Behind us lies a metropolis of at least a million people; out the windows, the only signs of life are a few Japanese macaques cavorting among...
EDITORIALS
Jan 30, 2014

Repair unraveling Tokyo-Seoul ties

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and South Korean President Park Geun-hye should realize that the past year showed nothing positive for bilateral relations, which appear to have entered a blind alley.
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LIFE / Travel / HOTELS & RESTAURANTS
Jan 30, 2014

Sarabeth's celebrates Valentine's Day, Delicious decadence in Ginza, Grand Pacific shares the love

Sarabeth's celebrates Valentine's Day
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Jan 26, 2014

'Masters' and 'dilettantes': The murky world of hit men in Britain

They are classified as novices, journeymen, dilettantes or masters. They are Britain's hit men — killers who ply their deadly trade in return for cash, and who for the first time have become the subject of a major academic study.
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LIFE / Travel / BACKSTREET STORIES
Jan 25, 2014

History and humor lap Hamamatsucho's shores

Tokyo hosts plenty of pint-size public sculptures, but none so "wee" as the brazen boy standing on the platform between lines 3 and 4 at Hamamatsucho Station in Minato Ward. Just back from a trip to Brussels, I am stunned to glimpse there a bronze replica of the Belgian capital's most cheeky landmark,...
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JAPAN / Science & Health / NATURAL SELECTIONS
Jan 18, 2014

Cooperation vs. competition in space

Shadows of winter clouds
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LIFE / Travel / HOTELS & RESTAURANTS
Jan 16, 2014

Luxury dining at the Imperial Hotel

The Imperial Hotel Tokyo has invited Laurent André, executive chef at Le Royal Monceau Raffles Paris, one of the most renowned luxury hotels in Paris, to prepare a special fair from Jan. 20-26 at the hotel's traditional French restaurant, La Brasserie.
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LIFE / Language / BILINGUAL
Jan 12, 2014

The way we were, or reflections for the new year

In the dusky light of ōmisoka (大晦日, Dec. 31), I spotted something that's become a rarity on Tokyo streets: a dead animal. Actually it was a yamabato (山鳩, turtle dove) — and its feathers were tragically strewn among the blood and gore like a terrible crime scene. Some tsūkōnin (通行人,...
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Events / Events Outside Tokyo
Jan 9, 2014

Flights of fancy at the Kitano Kite Festival

The first record of kites in Japan — found in dictionaries dating back to 981 — referred to them with the kanji for "kami" (paper) and "tobi" (hawk). Originally imported from China, kites became a significant cultural aspect of Japan, with kite-makers developing their own local styles.
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CULTURE / Stage
Jan 8, 2014

Jo Kanamori talks dance in Japan

A15-minute drive from Niigata Station, just across the mighty Shinano River pouring into the sea from the Northern Alps, a massive oval-shaped hall sits amid rich green parkland. This is Niigata City Performing Arts Center, aka Ryutopia — the nation's only public theater with a resident dance company....
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LIFE / Food & Drink / KYOTO RESTAURANTS
Jan 7, 2014

Hagi: Real-deal burgers from 1970

There can be no doubting that Snow White's beauty derived in part from the Seven Dwarfs' lack of it. But what they lacked in looks, they made up for in charm. This is how you should approach Hagi, a cafe of considerable charm and irretrievable beauty. Located beside a storm drain in a drab neighborhood...
Events / Events Outside Tokyo
Jan 2, 2014

Seven healthful reasons to visit the park

An important start to the new year should include not only a good mental rest, but for those of us who have been festive feasting the past few days, a break for our stomachs, too. On the seventh day of the new year, there's a custom in Japan of enjoying a bowl of rice porridge seasoned with seven spring...
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WORLD / ANALYSIS
Dec 31, 2013

Bombings bode ill for Olympic security

President Vladimir Putin's daring bid to host the Winter Olympics in the politically dicey Caucasus Mountains may not pay off as he hopes.
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LIFE / Travel
Dec 28, 2013

A garden sanctuary in the city

There is a visible nod to tradition in the shaping and use of natural materials to finish off the exterior of International House, a Modernist building in one of the nicer residential areas of Tokyo's swank Roppongi district.
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JAPAN / KANSAI PERSPECTIVE
Dec 22, 2013

Osaka joins rush to attract foreign tourists

If you asked many Kansai-area foreigners, and not a few Tokyoites, to come up with a slogan to promote Osaka internationally, you might get a response along the lines of: "Osaka: When You Can't Get a Hotel in Kyoto."
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LIFE / Lifestyle / CHILD'S PLAY
Dec 17, 2013

A museum where kids can play out fire-fighter fantasies

Last month I recommended the Tokyo Rinkai Disaster Prevention Park — a place where both children and adults can learn about earthquake safety in an enjoyable way. Maintaining that theme, this month we move to the other side of town to the Fire Museum in Shinjuku.
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LIFE / Travel
Dec 14, 2013

Haruna adds sparkle to a seasonal getaway

As the brilliant red, green and white explosions reflected off the surface of the lake, I turned to my partner with two simple words: "Merry Christmas."
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CULTURE / Film
Dec 12, 2013

Director Cuaron examines all angles when shooting 'space'

Last month, we heard Paul Greengrass, director of "Captain Phillips," talk in detail about his choppy, handheld, visceral filming style. This month, we get to hear from Alfonso Cuarón, director of the massive hit "Gravity," whose style is about 180 degrees different.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Dec 3, 2013

A vital role for Caroline Kennedy

Given the nexus of issues that tie vital U.S. interests to Japan's reform process, Caroline Kennedy, the new U.S. ambassador to Japan, could well prove to be a crucial link between the countries.
JAPAN / History / JAPAN TIMES GONE BY
Nov 30, 2013

Inokashira park to open, Yangtze mine sweeping detailed, Kennedy eulogized, Japan-U.S. visa pact begins

The proposal of providing a large public park at Inokashira for the benefit of the people of Tokyo has been approved by the Municipal Council. The Emperor has graciously offered the use of an extensive lot in that locality for that purpose.

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A man offers prayers at Hebikubo Shrine in Tokyo's Shinagawa Ward. The shrine is one of several across the country dedicated to the snake.
Shed your skin and reinvent yourself in the Year of the Snake