Tag: tokyo
group name: japanophiles
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October 02, 2006 06:36 PM EDT --
Hundreds of dark suits, carry satchels,
pack the evening train in a nightly procession.
Their children are safe, the street is clean,
they arrive in time for dinner.
This is Japan.
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September 09, 2006 08:27 PM EDT --
The ebb and flow of New York neighborhoods is a great example of how cities evolve.
When I attended Pratt Institute in the late 1970s, the East Village neighborhood in Manhattan along St. Marks Place . . . more
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August 08, 2006 08:08 PM EDT --
The destination , Niigata terminal, was a busy town center with a good share of hotels within an easy walk. So, once again I found a hotel and asked for a room. Sorry. Japanese only. This was a first. . . . more
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September 05, 2006 09:28 PM EDT --
Yes, it's true. The popular hotel search engines will not list these hotels so I will ! Ueno is only 1,000 yen from the Narita Airport on the Keisei line and I hope you don't pay more. . . . more
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October 24, 2006 10:27 AM EDT --
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September 10, 2006 09:56 AM EDT --
This was a blog post that I wrote for Denverpost.com in 2005, when I managed that Web site (I now live and work in Jersey City, NJ). I traveled there with my mom for only the third time since my . . . more
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February 12, 2007 11:51 PM EST --
This sounds like a ton of fun. I would love to get involved in something like this.
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About 50 people clad in armor and carrying matchlock muskets will walk two kilometers . . . more
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July 22, 2006 08:35 PM EDT --
Why would a perfectly sane 52 year old man ever try to learn Japanese ? Is it the challenge ? Or some other quirky motivation ?
Year 2002: I met a nice filipina on the internet and decided to go . . . more
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February 07, 2007 12:02 AM EST --
A rather ominous sign. Not that this is anything new. Yakuza (or Violent Gangs--Bouryokudan--as they are called on the news) have been around forever. Yet the Sumiyoshi-kai's claims/concerns are not . . . more
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February 07, 2007 12:49 AM EST --
And I guess this puts a fine point on my last article on the the yakuza. Guns are illegal in Japan, so it is unusual to hear the pop-pop you sometimes hear in the States. What I find "funny" . . . more
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July 30, 2006 09:26 PM EDT --
"So far so good . . " until I tried to buy a cup of coffee the next morning. I also said that the 7-11 was doing its normal business. Truth is, it was almost normal. . . . more
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September 10, 2006 10:29 PM EDT --
Note: I'm re-posting this to a couple of other groups. I feel it's especially worth discussion in light of North Korea's frightening entry into the age of nuclear warfare.
I recently finally . . . more
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July 25, 2006 03:13 PM EDT --
The streets of Ueno bustle with energy - Japanese energy. Caucasians were scarce. Add to that the emphasis on conformity and you get one homogenous society. At rush hour the effect is stark. Dark blue . . . more
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