Tag: travel
group name: japanophiles
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April 27, 2007 12:17 AM EDT --
Eight-Hundred Degree Sauna We are driving to the “Eight-Hundred Degree Sauna”. Beth, Marianne and I are accompanying Masae Masuda to the Aeon Mall for an onsen spa experience. . . . more
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April 23, 2007 11:50 PM EDT --
Homemade Soba Noodles
“My wife’s mother is making soba noodles for us for dinner.” Buddhist Monk Yoshihiro Unezawa told me and made a circular motion with his hands - the . . . more
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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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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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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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October 15, 2006 06:00 PM EDT --
"Kintaro Walks Japan" is a video about a 24 year old American who walks from one end of Japan to the other and tries to find the birthplace of his father. The people of Japan are the stars . . . more
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September 09, 2006 08:35 PM EDT --
The scene was surreal: I was part of a bon odori dance in the middle of the countryside, with a couple of hundred spectators -- mostly local Caucasian farm families, along with some Hispanic and African . . . more
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September 09, 2006 09:01 PM EDT --
Food might be the cultural constant of the Japanese American community, even generations down the line, but language is the most important.
Without the ability to speak Japanese, we can't communicate . . . more
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July 09, 2007 01:44 AM EDT --
For most people -- but I think especially for Japanese Americans, who tend to come from very defined communities bound together by geographic roots, generational branchings and, for many, the shared trauma . . . 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 15, 2007 05:39 PM EDT --
It's great to feel so welcomed.
Erin and I arrived late yesterday afternoon at Honolulu Airport and called up Regina Shimomura, a cousin I'd never met. She's the twin sister of Laura McHugh, . . . more
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October 11, 2006 09:34 AM EDT --
These columns, about the search for my family roots and my father's hidden past, were originally written and posted online during October and November, 1998 on my Nikkeiview.com site. Because they're . . . more
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September 21, 2007 02:55 PM EDT --
Monday, Sept. 17
This day was one of discovery about my family. It began with my cousin Aileen Moriwake guiding us to the apartment of my Aunt Mary Asakawa and my cousin Keith, who's probably around . . . more
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September 20, 2007 11:41 PM EDT --
Sunday, Sept. 16
The Hanzawa-Sakuma family reunion was a Sunday brunch, held at a restaurant on Shafter Army Base in Honolulu. Because she was one of the organizing committee members, Laura had to get . . . 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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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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September 18, 2007 02:54 PM EDT --
Saturday, September 15
Yesterday was a long day, and a preview of today's reunion.
We started with the relaxed morning of papaya and conversation with Laura, but eventually moved on to the day's . . . more
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October 14, 2007 03:21 PM EDT --
Friday, Sept. 21
Another big food day. We're eating our way across Oahu.
It was also a day of hunting history.
We began the day with Richela, who joined us in a drive downtown to the Japanese Cultural . . . more
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