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Anne Pepper
For Anne Pepper's latest contributions to The Japan Times, see below:
LIFE / Travel
Jun 14, 2000
The return of an old classic: fresh fish and soccer for all
Shimizu, a port city in Shizuoka Prefecture, is back in fashion again. In the Edo Period, Shimizu was a popular post town on the Tokaido Highway. Travelers liked its fresh fish and tasty Oiwake yokan bean paste. But the inauguration of train service between Tokyo and Kyoto spelled doom for Shimizu, as it did for many towns on the Tokaido Highway.
CULTURE / Art
Jun 3, 2000
Japanese ceramics on auction block
Contemporary Japanese ceramics took center stage in New York recently, when Phillips, the world's number three auction house, lifted the hammer on a sale titled "20th Century Japanese Ceramics and Design."
LIFE / Travel
Apr 12, 2000
Follow the pilgrims' road to where past and present meet
When the warm spring winds riding the Kuroshio (Black Current) reach Shikoku, the island is at its best for visitors. Shikoku in the spring attracts both tourists and pilgrims. The pilgrims come to visit some or all of the island's 88 temples dedicated to Kobo Daishi, who introduced Shingon Buddhism into Japan 1,200 years ago.
LIFE / Travel
Mar 29, 2000
Samurai, silk and soba in a classic castle town
Like many castle towns, the identity of Ueda, in Nagano Prefecture, is closely intertwined with its castle.
LIFE / Travel
Feb 9, 2000
Getting away from the skiers in Kyushu and Kyoto winter
When snow falls and the chill winds blow, skiers are happy but others are inclined to stay home. To lure people away from their warm hearths, the tourism industry offers special winter prices and attractions. This is an excellent time to explore areas of Japan that are on your travel list.
LIFE / Travel
Feb 2, 2000
New winter travel bargains opening domestic flight doors
Winter brings Japan's best travel bargains, and this millennium year the bargains are better than ever.
LIFE / Travel
Jan 19, 2000
Nagano's 'time-slip' onsen
Many hot spring resorts these days look so similar that it's sometimes hard to remember where you are. Not Bessho Onsen.
LIFE / Travel / ON THE ARCHIPELA-GO
Sep 15, 1999
Scarecrows are sprouting in Shitamachi
Over one hundred jauntily clad figures line the street where the Koto Ward Office once stood.
LIFE / Travel
Aug 11, 1999
Celebrating opening of old doors
NEWPORT, R.I. -- It's hard to faze the sophisticated residents of Newport, R.I., but Konishiki succeeded. The former ozeki was the star attraction at the Black Ships Festival here July 22-25.
'So hot you can't breathe': Extreme heat hits the Philippines
A pedestrian cools himself with a folding hand fan as he waits for a ride along a road in Manila on Wednesday, as extreme heat hit the Philippines.
Over 40% of Japan's municipalities at risk of vanishing, study finds
Of 1,729 local municipalities nationwide, 744 have been identified as being at risk of disappearing.
Princess Aiko makes debut at imperial garden party
Princess Aiko attends an imperial garden party in Tokyo on Tuesday.
Yen inches closer to intervention point as BOJ meeting starts
The rate of the yen against the U.S. dollar is displayed in the trading room at foreign exchange brokerage Gaitame.com in Tokyo on Thursday.
'Sugar Baby Riri' gets nine-year prison term over romance scam
Mai Watanabe, who went by the moniker “Sugar Baby Riri,” dated older men and swindled them out of money by telling them fictitious heartbreaking stories about herself to gain their sympathy.
Tokyo's Koto Ward by-election a race unlike any other
Natsumi Sakai, the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan’s candidate and one of four female candidates running in the by-election, touts her experience as a cancer survivor and midwife as having prepared her to tackle issues that women currently face.
Kyotographie's strong 12th edition shines light into the margins
Yassine Alaoui Ismaili, who goes by Yoriyas, turned to photography, shooting motion while in motion himself, after an injury forced him to give up his career as a professional breakdancer.
For amateur sumo, a fresh start offers hope against time-wasting and gamesmanship
Wrestlers prepare for the start of a bout at the 2023 Sumo World Championships in Tokyo. Starting this month, placing one hand on the clay first is no longer allowed.
LDP veteran Nikai's youngest son expected to succeed him in Wakayama
Toshihiro Nikai, former secretary-general of the Liberal Democratic Party, announced in March that he would not run in the next Lower House election to take responsibility for the political funds scandal that rocked his party and his own faction.
New workers name Shohei Ohtani as 'dream boss' for two years running
Shohei Ohtani has been overwhelmingly voted as the “dream boss” for people who started working in April, according to a survey.

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