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Beyond Tokyo: Bonsai Village • Japanese Home Cooking: Easy Japanese Lunchbox Supper • Why, Japan, Why?: Extreme lunchboxing: The what, how & why of Japanese bentō • Seasonal Secret: Floating lantern festival • Book Review: Fish Swimming in Dappled Sunlight by Riku Onda
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Beyond Tokyo: Beautiful Japanese Iris Gardens • Japanese Home Cooking: Mint-Cilantro Udon with Fresh Ginger and Meyer Lemon and Hamachi Tataki with Tomato-Ginger Sauce • Why, Japan, Why?: International Food Fails of Japan • The Thing I Learned Today: Making Sake on Sado Island • Book Review: The Breakaway Japanese Kitchen by Eric Gower
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Beyond Tokyo: Azalea hike at Shiofune Kannon-ji temple • Japanese Home Cooking: Sweet Sesame Spinach • Why, Japan, Why?: Japanese musical theatre weirdness • The Thing I Learned Today: The Wizard of Oz lives • Book Review: All I Asking For Is My Body by Milton Murayama
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Beyond Tokyo: Kairaku-en Plum Garden • Japanese Home Cooking: Spicy Japanese Eggplant • Seasonal Secret: Incredible Japanese quilts • Why, Japan, Why?: Strange Japanese travel products • Book Review: The Tattoo Murder Case by Akimitsu Takagi
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Beyond Tokyo: Fox Village in the Snow • Japanese Home Cooking: Kinako Shortbread Cookies with Salted Brown Sugar Buttercream • Seasonal Secret: Stroll through the tunnels of golden gingko trees • Why, Japan, Why?: One more reason why I love Japan • Book Review: All She Was Worth by Miyuki Miyabe
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Beyond Tokyo: Sado Island • Japanese Home Cooking: How to host a great sake tasting • Seasonal Secret: The angry ghost cat parade • The Thing I Learned Today: What I Never Knew About the 47 Rōnin • Book Review: Pachinko by Min Jin Lee
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Beyond Tokyo: A village of thatch-roofed farmhouses less than an hour from Tokyo • Japanese Home Cooking: Green Salad with Japanese Pickled Onions and Wafu Onion Dressing • Seasonal Secret: Edogawa Goldfish Festival • The Thing I Learned Today: How to read a haiku poem • Book Review: The Pillow Book by Sei Shonagon
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Beyond Tokyo: Ashikaga Flower Park giant wisteria • Japanese Home Cooking: Ginger-Soy Steak Sauce • Seasonal Secret: Seven things you didn’t know about Japanese weddings • The Thing I Learned Today: How to live forever, Japanese-style • Book Review: Klara and the Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro
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Beyond Tokyo: Cherry blossoms to die for, long after the rest are history • Japanese Home Cooking: Japanese Treasure Rice • Why, Japan, Why?: Japanese ceremonies we didn’t know we needed • The Thing I Learned Today: Be careful what you hang on your wall… • Book Review: The Aosawa Murders by Riku Onda
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Beyond Tokyo: Katsuura: 40,000 dolls dressed in Imperial court robes • Japanese Home Cooking: Japanese Chicken Soup for the Soul • Seasonal Secret: Plum Blossom Season • The Thing I Learned Today: The strange barbers of Yoshiwara • Book Review: Tokyo Vice by Jake Adelstein
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Beyond Tokyo: A magical cliffside of icicles lit up at night • Why, Japan, Why?: Japan’s Pet Obsession • Seasonal Secret: Setagaya Boroichi: The grand pooh-bah of Japanese flea markets • Book Review: OUT by Natsuo Kirino
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Beyond Tokyo: YomiuriLand Illuminations • Japanese Home Cooking: Marinated Pork Medallions with Melted Leeks • Seasonal Secret: The Japanese Art of Gift Giving • Why, Japan, Why?: There’s nothing weirder than Xmas in Japan • Book Giveaway: December 6 by Martin Cruz Smith • My picks for gift reads: There’s a book on this list for everyone on YOUR list
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Beyond Tokyo: Kenroku-en Garden lit up at night • Japanese Home Cooking: Chicken & Ginger Yakitori Meatballs • Seasonal Secret: Bonsai Chrysanthemums • Why, Japan, Why?: Are ya feelin’ lucky? How Japanese tip the hand of fate • Book Giveaway: Idoru by William Gibson • Book news you can use: Writing how-tos, killer reviews, podcasts & more
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Beyond Tokyo: Jakko-in, the convent with a secret • Japanese Home Cooking: Sesame-Miso Hotpot • Why, Japan, Why?: Why is it so much harder to get a Japanese boyfriend than a Japanese girlfriend? • Book Giveaway: The Last Tea Bowl Thief by Jonelle Patrick
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Beyond Tokyo: Suwa City, Nagano • Japanese Home Cooking: Apple-Ginger Sours Cocktail/Mocktail • Why, Japan, Why?: Tiny pants, the garbage police, and the more friends you have, the lonelier you might be • Book Giveaway: The Tale of Murasaki by Liza Dalby
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Beyond Tokyo: Shigaraki Tanuki Town • Japanese Home Cooking: Japanese Rice Bowl with Miso Salmon • Why, Japan, Why?: Strange Japanese beauty goals • Seasonal Secret: Three modest September flowers that are spectacular in numbers
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Beyond Tokyo: Shiraito-no-taki Falls • Japanese Home Cooking: Brown Sugar Dessert Sauce • Why, Japan, Why?: How Japan has perfected the honorable art of eating alone • Book Reviews: CLIMB and Claws of the Cat by Susan Spann
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Beyond Tokyo: Gyoda Ancient Lotus Park • Japanese Home Cooking: Sweet & Salty Miso Grilling Sauce • Seasonal Secret: Souvenirs NOT to buy in July • Book Review: Shinjū by Laura Joh Rowland
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Beyond Tokyo: Bunny Island • Japanese Home Cooking: Japanese Chicken Salad with Tangy Soy-Lemon Dressing• Seasonal Secret: Keep cool in the summer, the Japanese way • Book Review: The Essential Haiku, edited by Robert Hass
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Beyond Tokyo: Koya-san • Japanese Home Cooking: Yakitori Chicken Mini-Burgers• Seasonal Secret: Six things you didn’t expect to discover on a pilgrimage • Book Review: Where the Dead Pause and the Japanese Say Goodbye by Marie Mutsuki Mockett
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Beyond Tokyo: Koi Nobori at Tatebayashi • Japanese Home Cooking: Creamy Sesame Noodles • Seasonal Secret: The Other Season that Blooms in the Spring • Why, Japan, Why?: Why you should be careful what you wish for • Book Review & Giveaway: Newcomer by Keigo Higashino
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Beyond Tokyo: Firewalking at Mt. Takao • Japanese Home Cooking: Savory Japanese Beef & Vegetables + Curry Rice • Seasonal Secret: Nine Great (Secret) Cherry Blossom Spots in Tokyo • Why, Japan, Why?: Why Oreos are more Japanese than sumo wrestlers in Japan • Book Review: Ghosts of the Tsunami by Richard Lloyd Parry
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Beyond Tokyo: Kamakura Matsuri igloo festival • Japanese Home Cooking: Tasty Ginger Pork • Seasonal Secret: Weird Chocolate • Why, Japan, Why?: Why the most interesting thing you eat in Japan might be spaghetti • Book Review & Giveaway: Convenience Store Woman by Sayaka Murata
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