(Written back around 2001~2002)
It was Monday afternoon and I was on my way back from the Narita Airport after being awake for more than 24 hours - yes those trans-pacific flights can be a killer (foreshadowing, no pun intended). As is usually the case, I took the Keisei Express line backwhich left […]
No Comments »
Filed under: Japan, Personal
(Written back around 2003)
I’ve read somewhere that a Must-Do for anyone who visits or lives in Japan is to climb Mt. Fuji. However, only a fool would climb Mount Fuji more than once. Well, I guess that makes me a fool, sort of. The difference is that on my first attempt, I […]
1 Comment »
Filed under: Japan
(Written back around 2002)
Hello,
Well it’s been exactly 1 year to this day since I last reflected on my life in Japan. While the year seems to have been an eventful one with so many things happening; it also seems that in the overall scheme of things, not too much has changed. […]
1 Comment »
Filed under: Japan, Personal
(Written back around 2001)
Hello,
Hope everything is going well. For those who have written or called, thank you. It’s nice to be updated with what’s happening back home — your trials, tribulations, troubles, and joys. It’s nice to know that no matter where someone may call home even if it’s on the other […]
No Comments »
Filed under: Japan, Personal
(Written By: Dean Holden Ruetzler)
Hill Top is yet another in the plethora of anomalies that make up the Japanese millieu. An “all you can eat”(”tabehoodai” in the local tongue) Steakhouse in Japan is hard to believe, but in the middle of nowhere is downright bizzare. Whoul`d`ve thunk it? Whatever the reason […]
No Comments »
Filed under: Japan, Taste of Asia
(Written By: Dean Holden Ruetzler)
While I was getting my Bachelors of Science in Kinesiology ( “Kinesiology ” Whats That? You ask; Think Pre-Med, Pre-PT, Pre-Massage Therapy, or “Physical education from Hades “) at the University of Colorado (aka “Ski U ” or “ski-bum undergraduate heaven “), three things about that educational […]
No Comments »
Filed under: Japan
EVENT REVIEW
MOD MAYDAY 2001
SATURDAY, MAY 19, 2001
SHINJUKU LOFT, TOKYO REVIEW
BY: Thomas Chadwick
I can do anything,
For something new,
Anyway, Anyhow, Anywhere! -The Who
Anyway, Anyhow, Anywhere (1965)
Defining the Mod movement has proven to be difficult given its mercurial and elusive nature. However, the feelings and images created by listening to the song Anyway, […]
No Comments »
Filed under: Japan
(Written By: Lawrence Cosh-Ishii)
Without realizing the coming twist of fate, I met a beautiful Japanese girl who was attending college in Canada. As it turned out we both learned alot about each-other’s culture and after her 3 year stay I was on my way to visit Japan for the first time..
No Comments »
Filed under: Japan
(Written by: Patrick McCoy, 2001)
Tokyo is the center of style in fashion conscious Japan, and now it is becoming the center for world fashion when you look at the world-wide influence of designers like Miyake Issey and Japanese inspired fashions throughout Asia. The place that young Tokyoites flock to create or mimic […]
No Comments »
Filed under: Japan
(Written by: Patrick McCoy, 2001)
This year saw the publication of three books by Japan’s best loved modern writer, Haruki Murakami. However, Sputnik Sweetheart, is the only truly new book, since the other two Underground and Norwegian Wood, were previouslypublished in Japan are seeing there first publication in the US. The uniting […]
No Comments »
Filed under: Japan