Braving the snow for a ricksha tour of Takayama. Photo by François
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Feature
Rising
Sun Theater: A rock video in the making |
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 Dwayne
Lawler wanted to be a rock musician when he was a young wastrel
back in Australia. It was the 1980s, and MTV had just started
filling the small screen with everything from Pop to Heavy Metal. |
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Essay
Outside
looking in |
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| Before I ventured overseas four years ago,
I had certain preconceptions about Japan, and the Japanese people.
The first was that it is a hi-tech, industrialised country. |
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Essay
Dazed
and uninspired |
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Notes to an erratic self:
"I
glance wistfully at the red orb rising from beneath the now
somewhat threadbare snowcapped mountains." |
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| Editor's Notes |
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| Our long summer
break is over, and we at The Foreigner - Japan are
back for our 9th edition. We've changed our layout somewhat
since the 8th edition, and we've added a few new writers to
our editorial family. |
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International relations
Hana's
suitcase |
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 A
60-year-old suitcase has changed Fumiko Ishioka's life in Japan
forever. The well-worn brown bag is no ordinary piece of luggage
-- it survived the German Nazi concentration camp Auschwitz. |
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Opinion
Growing
nationalism in Japan? |
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| Strolling home from the office today, I noticed
my neighbor had erected a new Japanese flag - the fourth on
the street. Passing the junior high school on my block, I heard
the muffled notes of a piano and a loud chorus of kids belting
out the national anthem. |
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Food corner
The
perils of Japanese pizza delivery |
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| I glance at the clock: 8:00 p.m. Still no
sign of the pizza I ordered at 6:00 p.m. No advisory e-mail
either. Starving and cranky, I scan the company website one
more time for troubleshooting options. |
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