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Pottering down Chita way
Oct. 18, 2009
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On a high road of old
Aug. 23, 2009
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History in a stunning setting
July 19, 2009
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Oranges and felons
June 14, 2009
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SHIKOKU
The wax and wane of Uchiko
April 20, 2007
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GOKAYAMA
Roofs raised in prayer
Feb. 23, 2007
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HAKODATE
Jewel of the north country
Jan. 26, 2007
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OSOREZAN
Mountain of dread
Dec. 22, 2006
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Netted by the charms of fishy Kochi
Nov. 24, 2006
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MATSUYAMA
Going by the book in Shikoku
Oct. 27, 2006
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DEWA SANZAN
On a pathway to the divine
Sept. 22, 2006
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AKAN
Remembering an ancient people
Aug. 25, 2006
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NAGASAKI
Window on the West
July 28, 2006
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14. BOOK REVIEWS - CHRIS BAMFORTH
Looking at Westerners' accounts of the salaryman blues
July 9, 2006
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TAKAMATSU
The garden of earthly delight
June 23, 2006
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The capital delights of Nara
May 26, 2006
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IZUMO
Here be the land of the gods
April 28, 2006
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18. THE ASIAN BOOKSHELF - CHRIS BAMFORTH
Ring trilogy spirals past science fiction
April 16, 2006
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MATSUMOTO
Here's one castle to crow about
March 31, 2006
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NISEKO IN HOKKAIDO
You can't get too much snow up here
Feb. 24, 2006
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HIMEJI . . . NOT JUST A CASTLE
A fortress to be reckoned with
Jan. 27, 2006
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REEF FISH AND PEARLS
A slow dive into Ishigakijima
Dec. 23, 2005
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Izu's Shimoda basks calmly in past glories
Nov. 25, 2005
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SHIRETOKO
Journey to the end of the world
Oct. 28, 2005
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SHIKOKU CUISINE
The taste of Tosa in Tokyo
Sept. 30, 2005
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War and peace in Hiroshima
Sept. 23, 2005
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Visitors become statuesque in Kawagoe
Aug. 26, 2005
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THE 'WALL STREET OF THE NORTH' THAT WAS
Tourists are now the big catch for reborn Otaru
Aug. 19, 2005
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TAKACHIHO
Caving in to the gods
July 29, 2005
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Foreign writer who defined Japan has been carved into stone in Matsue
July 22, 2005
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NO PLACE LIKE OMI
A prize catch for travel merchants
June 24, 2005
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TAKETOMI
Get peace of mind . . . in the off-season
May 27, 2005
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TOKYO FOR KIDS
Shopping for the little bookworms
April 29, 2005
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Sipping on Heian history in Uji
April 22, 2005
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TOKONAME
All fired up for ceramics central
March 25, 2005
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SHIMONOSEKI
Historic port city famous for fugu
Feb. 25, 2005
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EXOTIC NAHA
Otherworldly Okinawan capital
Jan. 28, 2005
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38. WEEK 3 - CHRIS BAMFORTH
CALL OF THE WILD
Seek the Hemingway within at a concrete-jungle pond
Jan. 16, 2005
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10 YEARS AFTER THE QUAKE
Kobe: picturesque city by the sea
Jan. 14, 2005
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40. THE ASIAN BOOKSHELF - CHRIS BAMFORTH
So many deities for still many troubled lives
Nov. 28, 2004
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HISTORY GALORE
Into Nagoya and onto Inuyama
Nov. 26, 2004
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Daring to break the rules: Japan's first modern novelists
Nov. 21, 2004
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TOKYO WITH KIDS
Adventures abound in city's toy towns
Oct. 29, 2004
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TOHOKU'S 'LITTLE KYOTO'
The way of the samurai
Oct. 22, 2004
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45. WEEK 3 - CHRIS BAMFORTH
CATS LIVIN
A purrfect day out
Oct. 17, 2004
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Northern delights of Sapporo
Sept. 24, 2004
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HEAT IS ON IN KAGOSHIMA
Japan's big Little Italy
Aug. 27, 2004
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48. LIFE IN JAPAN - CHRIS BAMFORTH
Serendipity with suds
Aug. 15, 2004
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49. LIFE IN JAPAN - CHRIS BAMFORTH
head
Aug. 15, 2004
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50. TRAVEL - CHRIS BAMFORTH
Do the Dogashima
July 23, 2004
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HIROSAKI
The heartbeat of Aomori
June 25, 2004
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OTSU
Ancient port of quiet delights
May 28, 2004
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53. TOKYO WITH KIDS - CHRIS BAMFORTH
When your kids are cooperating, but the weather isn't
April 30, 2004
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Overlooked -- and undervalued
April 23, 2004
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SHIMABARA
Town of grisly times past
March 26, 2004
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ISE SHRINE
Savor the spirit of ancient Japan
Feb. 27, 2004
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MORIOKA
Lost Nambu citadel of the North
Jan. 16, 2004
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KUMAMOTO
'Land of Fire' with history burning in its mokkosu heart
Dec. 12, 2003
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KURASHIKI
Where time flows slowly
Oct. 24, 2003
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NARITA
The little town with a big name
Sept. 5, 2003
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KARUIZAWA
Where the crowds head to cool off
Aug. 3, 2003
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KOYA-SAN
To the sacred temple-city in the clouds
June 22, 2003
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