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Oh Sunshine: Showing Something New

By Ryo Kubota on February 22, 2011 in Asia, Japan, Photos, Tokyo

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Oh sunshine creates something new in Japan which often did the opposite beforeJapanese popular music used to be very local like mobile phones Japanese electronic companies produce. Even though many talented musicians made lots of...

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The Importance of Japanese Language

By Ryo Kubota on January 20, 2011 in Asia, Japan, Photos, Tokyo

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One of the most respected Japanese linguists describes why Japanese language is importantWhy not reflect on the Japanese language? By Haruhiko Kindaichi. Kadokawa One Theme; 241 page; 571 yenEvery language has its own background. In...

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Shinobue: Music of Life

By Ryo Kubota on January 10, 2011 in Asia, Japan, Photos, Tokyo

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The power of music is just incredible. In Japan, there is a man who helps terminal ill patients by playing music. It is Yoshihiro Karino, a performer of shinobue, a Japanese transverse flute. He could...

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Why Japanese People Love Autumn Leaves

By Ryo Kubota on December 15, 2010 in Asia, Japan, Photos, Tokyo

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Autumn leaves shape the Japanese mind.Autumn leaves are beautiful. But does anyone think so? I read some articles about negative aspects of autumn leaves in the United Kingdom. It sounds odd to me as Japanese. While...

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Tochigi’s traditional craftsmanship: mikoshi

By Ryo Kubota on December 5, 2010 in Asia, Events, Festivals, Japan, Photos, Tokyo

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Ten years ago, I took part in an event celebrating the 400th anniversary of Tokaido, in which I got deeply involved in mikoshi, portable shrine. In 1601, Ieyasu Tokugawa, the first shogun of the Edo...

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A Beautiful Game

By Ryo Kubota on November 17, 2010 in Asia, Japan, Photos, Tokyo

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On 13th November there was an international football game at the National Stadium, Tokyo. It was the final of the AFC Champions League 2010, and South Korea’s Seongnam Ilhwa beat Iran’s Zobahan 3-1 to be...

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Shinobue: Music Of Life

By Ryo Kubota on October 19, 2010 in Asia, Japan, Photos, Tokyo

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The power of music is just incredible. In Japan there is a man who helps terminal ill patients by playing music. It is Yoshihiro Karino, a performer of shinobue, a Japanese transverse flute. He could...

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Taste Of The Meiji Restoration

By Ryo Kubota on October 17, 2010 in Asia, Japan, Photos, Tokyo

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Are you fed up with Japan’s dysfunctional politics? If you want to have a strong spirit to try to change it, this might help you: “Fushimi-no-Ryoma (Ryoma in Fushimi)”.It is a Japanese sake. It consists...

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Ryo Kubota

Ryo Kubota is a staff writer at Transpheric Management in Tokyo as well as a freelance writer. He has covered Sports for the Nippon Newspaper Company in Tokyo and teaches at a private tutoring school in Iruma, Japan. Having studied in both Tokyo and England in the areas of sociology, he has a keen interest in the world at large.

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Oh Sunshine: Showing Something New

The Importance of Japanese Language

Shinobue: Music of Life

Why Japanese People Love Autumn Leaves

Tochigi’s traditional craftsmanship: mikoshi

A Beautiful Game

Shinobue: Music Of Life

Taste Of The Meiji Restoration

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