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Former Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi’s private disco featured not only aspiring showgirls performing striptease acts as sexy nuns and nurses, but one woman dressed up as President Barack Obama and a prominent Milan prosecutor whom the billionaire media mogul has accused of persecuting him, ...
Tonkatsu is comfort food, gourmand grub — not a gourmet delicacy. So what are those hearty, unpretentious deep-fried breaded pork cutlets doing in an elegant little bar-style restaurant above one of Ginza’s temples to high-end consumption? Katsuzen has come a long way from its ...
Life in Japan just seems tailor-made for certain foreign residents, who slip into the fabric of this society as smoothly as a hand slides into a glove. American Curtis Patterson, a professional koto player and music teacher, is a case in point. Not only ...
It is a tricky deal being an authorized biographer. Charles Moore’s big advantage over those who have previously tackled Margaret Thatcher is that he has been provided with material denied to them. Of the arrangement that he was offered by his subject, he writes: ...
Unbelievable energy. Splendid self confidence. Never-wavering faith in his abilities or his teammates. Those are ingredients to success for Draelon Burns, the Yokohama B-Corsairs’ super substitute. Burns buried a remarkable three buzzer-beating shots to close out the three final quarters, and his team needed ...
If you are in the Kyoto or Kansai area and missed the chance to have nanakusagayu (seven-herb porridge) on the seventh day of the new year, Jonangu Shrine should be your main destination on Japan’s National Foundation holiday. Traditionally, Japanese people eat the rice ...
Japan’s lion dances, and there are about 7,800 of them, all have their own style but the purpose is mainly the same. The shishi (lion) dances act as a prayer to ward off evil spirits. The National Theater will host five sacred shishi performances ...
Hakone’s Lalique Museum is showing Rene Lalique’s glass works in an interesting gallery — the famed Orient Express. The Orient Express was made famous by British author Agatha Christie’s 1934 novel “Murder on the Orient Express.” Lalique (1860-1945) is a well-known glass designer and ...
If you are searching for family fun during the winter, several skating spots have opened across Japan. What’s more, many of them are striving to be environmentally conscious. The Volkswagen skating rink opened Jan. 5 in Tokyo Midtown. This 800-meter-long outdoor rink will be ...
If you want to enjoy the traditional way of spending New Year’s holidays in Japan, your best option would be to visit a temple or shrine. On New Year’s Eve and the first three days of January, the nation’s temples and shrines buzz with ...
Yokohama Minato Mirai Hall will hold an opera for small children (5 years and older) to commemorate 150 years since the opening of Yokohama’s port. Performed by soprano singer Etsuko Yamada, this so-called mono-opera will be directed by Yumiko Akami, with pianist Michiko Fukushima. ...
The Edo Marionette Theater Youkiza, a traditional Japanese marionette theater, sprung to life this week. The theater is putting on an exhibition about itself. Objects on display include marionettes, costumes, materials teaching about the mechanics of puppet gestures and a digest of films of ...