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KYOTO

Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Voices / FOREIGN AGENDA
Jul 19, 2017
To find the joys of 'real Japan,' get on your bike
Japanese society and culture seem intrinsically suited to bicycles, which require a degree of safety of environment and intimacy that are alien to many thunderously car-based, brash and crime-ridden Western societies.
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BASKETBALL / B. League / B. LEAGUE NOTEBOOK
Jul 13, 2017
Title-winning Brex decline to offer a new contract to veteran coach Wisman
After leading the Tochigi Brex to their first B. League title — and a second league championship under his watchful eye — Tom Wisman was not offered a contract for the 2017-18 campaign.
BASKETBALL / B. League
Jun 23, 2017
Andrisevic named new Hiroshima Dragonflies coach
Jamie Andrisevic, who served as an assistant coach for the Kyoto Hannaryz last season, has been hired as the new bench boss of the Hiroshima Dragonflies, the B. League second-division squad announced Friday.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / B. League / B. LEAGUE NOTEBOOK
Jun 22, 2017
Evessa stick with veteran bench boss Oketani for 2017-18 season
As expected, Dai Oketani is staying put with the Osaka Evessa, plotting to lead the proud franchise's rise to title contender once again.
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JAPAN
Jun 18, 2017
Kyoto lobbies for Emperor to live in former Imperial capital after abdication
A petition drive by a small Kyoto-based political group requesting that Emperor Akihito move to Kyoto upon his abdication had drawn over 10,000 signatures as of Friday.
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MORE SPORTS
Jun 7, 2017
Yamanaka set to battle Nery in bid to tie title defense mark
When Shinsuke Yamanaka began boxing in high school, all he wanted to do was become a world champion. He accomplished that, but never thought his reign would last this long.
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COMMUNITY / Our Lives / JAPAN LITE
May 28, 2017
In Kyoto, a jarring one-off encounter or the tip of the iceberg?
Kyoto is adapting to meet the needs of hordes of tourists, but importing foreign customs purely for profit is not the way to go.
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CULTURE / Books
May 20, 2017
'Another Kyoto': Alex Kerr's roving thoughts on Kyoto as it stands today
It appears that when the Japanologist Alex Kerr was a Rhodes Scholar at Oxford, his tutors despaired at his unorthodox use of his time there, with one particularly testy don complaining, "He researches only the ephemera that draw his interest," going on to rail against Kerr's fascination with "superstitions,...
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LIFE / Food & Drink / KYOTO RESTAURANTS
May 13, 2017
Shimme offers unpretentious pub cuisine for all
As much as I love eating out in restaurants that run the gamut from high class to low, from holes in the wall, to all-you-can-eat, my heart — or is it my stomach — sings most when I'm in a good, solid izakaya (Japanese pub).
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / KYOTO RESTAURANTS
May 13, 2017
Al Camino's simple pizza offerings are hard to resist
Pizza's time has truly arrived. There are plenty of places where the pizza is more like a first cousin of that fried batter staple, okonomiyaki, meaning smothered in mayonnaise — but the true Neapolitan masterpiece also has a following here. If you're in Kyoto, be sure to search out Al Camino.

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