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“Me Whole, Your Drink is Ready!” – Or, Why Japanese Names and American Coffee Shops Don’t Mix
When my wife first moved from Tokyo to the United States, she spent her first week in America with me in Las…
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Hakone’s Curry Bread and Footbath Combo is Selling Like Hotcakes
A unique combination of mouth-watering Japanese bread and natural foot massage is packing them in at a bakery in the popular tourist…
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Nara Dreamland: How It Became a Nightmare
It was meant to be a paradise. But it ended up a nightmare instead. The story of how Nara Dreamland came to…
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Tokyo Tower’s Aquarium is in Trouble
Japan loves the ocean (it's surrounded by it, so it's almost a survival instinct), and a favorite Japanese pastime is going to…
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My Encounter with an Endangered Japanese Whisky
A fateful encounter in Tokyo with a bottle of Hibiki 17 led me to explore why Japanese whiskey is flying off shelves…