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		<title>Winging along to marvel at Izumi&#8217;s wintering cranes</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 09 Feb 2013 15:00:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[My eyes have been carefully trained on the barren fields outside Izumi Crane Park Museum for at least 20 minutes, but I've yet to spot any of the locality's most famous feathered friends.]]></description>
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		<title>Diving into Ise-Shima&#8217;s ancient womanly traditions</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 12 Aug 2012 00:00:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The hut of the pearl divers is more modern than I&#8217;d expected. Here, in the village of Osatsu along the craggy coast of the Ise-Shima region in Mie Prefecture, the small concrete building named Hachimankamado blends in with its 21st-century surroundings. But inside the hut the traditions are age-old, as a group of Japan&#8217;s storied [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bash&#333;fu culture weaves its spell in Kijoka</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 03 Jun 2012 00:00:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[White-caps beat steadily against the northwestern shore of Okinawa&#8217;s main island. Winds have stirred up the seas, yet the water looks as cerulean and inviting as ever. I should be paying more attention to this enviable vista but I&#8217;m preoccupied, indifferent. The circuitous coastal road requires more of my attention, lest I run our car [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dazaifu&#8217;s rich past still delights today</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 18 Mar 2012 00:00:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The gravel of a path in the garden at Komyozenji Temple has been swirled into the shape of the kanji for &#8220;light.&#8221; It&#8217;s a bit of an ironic choice for the fall day I visit, as only a few of the sun&#8217;s rays have managed to penetrate the dense growth surrounding the rear of the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Exploring Yanagawa&#8217;s watery world</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 04 Dec 2011 00:00:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The boatman sings a low-pitched, wistful air as he poles our craft down the watery freeway. Some of my fellow passengers obviously know the melancholic song, and join in on what passes for a chorus as we&#8217;re propelled otherwise noiselessly down the wide canal. I recognize only a handful of words, though the two that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Castles and Crafts on the Yomitan Peninsula</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 18 Sep 2011 00:00:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Most people come to the Yomitan Peninsula on Okinawa&#8217;s main island for the sand and the scuba opportunities. I, however, am one of those island residents on whom paradise is wasted &#8212; I like neither a sweltering day at the beach nor an afternoon spent exploring the intimidating world beneath the waves. I&#8217;m more of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Beat the heat in the green hills of Izu</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 17 Jul 2011 00:01:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Nobody likes Japan&#8217;s cities in the summertime &#8212; at least not those south of Hokkaido. With heat rising off the tarmac and radiating from the concrete, and humidity that clings like a wet towel, thoughts of escape come readily to mind &#8212; and there&#8217;s no better tonic than getting up into the hills and mountains [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Strawberries and shoguns in Shizuoka</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 15 May 2011 00:00:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s a clear spring morning and the view over Suruga Bay just outside of Shizuoka City is captivating. At least, that&#8217;s what my travel companions say. As our car hugs the coastal road known as Ichigo Kaigan-dori, my husband and our friends are admiring the water. I, on the other hand, am more intrigued by [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hiking on Kyoto&#8217;s doorstep</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 13 Mar 2011 00:01:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Eizan Electric Railway serves a sparsely traveled route &#8212; or so I infer from the dinky two-carriage train we board shortly before it lurches out of the terminus at Demachiyanagi Station in Kyoto heading for the mountains on the city&#8217;s northeastern outskirts. Certainly, there are a fair number of travelers packed into the few [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Roads less traveled on Okinawa Island</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 23 Jan 2011 00:01:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m normally intolerant of Sunday drivers, but as our little car winds its way up the two-lane coastal roads of eastern Okinawa Island, I find myself pleasantly inclined to just that kind of unhurried progress. The motorcycle riders who have suddenly appeared in our rearview mirror, however, seem less enamored of our languid pace. &#8220;Stop [...]]]></description>
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