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Carol Hui Akiyama
For Carol Hui Akiyama's latest contributions to The Japan Times, see below:
Japan Times
LIFE / Language
Aug 28, 2003
Finding a sense of balance in the face of DSI
Every day, at a musk-melon-colored building near Okayama Station, children gather to play in a rather unusual-looking indoor playground. Guru Guru Meron Shima (Twirly Melon Island) is a privately-run day-care center for autistic and other special-needs children that started up in July. It is also, most likely, the best-equipped sensory therapy room in Japan.
COMMUNITY
Jun 15, 2001
You're not leaving the table till you finish those vegetables
Some nights, I drift off to sleep feeling as smug as if I'd just outwitted the devil. My husband has clued in to my little G spot of contentment, so when he wants to get on my good side, he knows to whisper: "Rio ate lots of vegetables today."
COMMUNITY
Jun 29, 2000
Making home a school away from school
A typical day at school for 12-year-old Sophie Kimura could be a social studies lesson which involves finding out what life is like in Illinois where her "e-pal" Dawn lives.
COMMUNITY
Dec 9, 1999
Social power, social pressure in the playground community
On sunny afternoons, I strap my baby Rio in a carrier and we go to swing on the swings at the local park. He giggles as the wind blows through his hair.
COMMUNITY
Oct 22, 1999
Creator of offbeat manga happy to break the rules
Manga artist Sekaiichi Asakura has three types of fans: Those who enjoy his work purely for the humor; those who read philosophy and world religion into his comic strips; and those who claim that they are as weird as him.

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High-end tourism is becoming more about the kinds of experiences that Japan's lesser-known places can provide.
Can Japan lure the jet-set class off the beaten path?