On July 5, 2015, Sakari Momoi died in Tokyo. In his younger years, he served as the principal of a high school…
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Since mochi is made with sticky rice, it might be sticky however it does not contain gluten and hence it is dairy-free…
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Japan loves fruit. People will pay hundreds and even thousands of dollars for gifts of “luxury” fruit. Not all fruit is that…
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Calligraphy, or shodo as it’s known in Japan, is unmistakable. With its swooping black lines, strokes, and curves against clean, bright paper,…
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At over 1,000 pages in English, the world’s first novel is hardly a quick read. “The Tale of Genji” took one translator…
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The story of Tokyo Rose reads more like a fictional thriller than something from the pages of political news magazines, but truth…
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In 2013, an organization held a contest to pick the ugliest animal in the world. The goal was to raise awareness about…
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A rising star in the food world, mochi is actually an ancient Japanese sweet whose origins date back thousands of years. What…
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Japan has a loneliness problem. After WWII, the government and media set a rigid standard for how society should function: a man…
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Captured comfort women in Myitkyina on August 14 in 1944 WWII is one of the most studied wars in history, but there…
