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The Thing I Learned Today
What are foreigners like?
For three hundred years, Dutch traders were the only foreigners allowed in Japan, but they were confined to an island in Nagasaki. People were intensely curious about the exotic barbarians, though, so woodblock artists trekked across the Dejima bridge to sketch the outlandish appearance and customs practiced by…read more
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Beyond Tokyo
Let’s visit a quaint town with a pilgrimage-worthy temple & garden
Narita has been cursed for so long as that so-called “Tokyo” airport that’s a $200 cab ride from Tokyo, many people don’t know that it’s also the nearest town, which the home of a fabulous temple and garden, and hosts an annual taiko drum…read more
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Seasonal Secret
Taiko drums on every corner!
If you love the kind of Japanese drumming that’s not just a lively musical entertainment, it’s also an exuberant, precision-choreographed dance, get thee to the Narita Taiko Festival! While weaving their complex rhythms, taiko drummers exchange places, pivot to beat on each other’s drums, and make every…read more
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Author Interview & Giveaway
Girl in a Box by Jean Gordon Kocienda
This month’s Book Giveaway is a novel based on the life of Akiko Yosano, a famous Jazz Age poet. She rose to stardom in the booming pre-war period when Japan reopened to the West after 300 years of isolation. Japan’s greatest literary talents were fizzing with new ideas and…read more
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If you don’t subscribe to Only in Japan or The Tokyo Guide I Wish I’d Had, here are links to posts about the always-amazing ceramics show, the Kikuchi Biennalle, Doggy’s Island, the worst souvenir idea over, and…read more
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Jonelle Patrick writes novels set in Japan, produces the monthly Japanagram newsletter, and blogs at Only In Japan and The Tokyo Guide I Wish I’d Had
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