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LIFE / Travel / HOTELS & RESTAURANTS
Aug 13, 2010

Explore Osaka-Kyoto 'power spots'

Ramada Osaka offers an accommodation plan that encourages guests to see historic sites in Osaka and Kyoto and visit trendy, faddish "power spots."
COMMUNITY / Voices / HOTLINE TO NAGATACHO
Jul 20, 2010

A decade of harassment by Tokyo police

Dear Minister of Justice Keiko Chiba,
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LIFE / Travel / HOTELS & RESTAURANTS
Jul 9, 2010

Watch the Jingu fireworks in style

For those wanting a great view of a popular fireworks festival in Tokyo, the Hotel New Otani Tokyo has some accommodation plans just for that purpose.
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LIFE / Travel / HOTELS & RESTAURANTS
Jul 2, 2010

Take a gala culinary trip in Roppongi

The Grand Hyatt Tokyo will hold a Gourmet Journey gala dinner, bidding farewell to Executive Chef Josef Budde and celebrating his time at the hotel since its opening seven years ago.
JAPAN / CHUBU CONNECTION
Jun 26, 2010

Aichi's Radio-i soon to just be static

The recent news Aichi International Broadcasting Co. will terminate its FM radio service at the end of September because of a large deficit has sent shock waves through the industry in the Tokai region.
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LIFE / Food & Drink / TOKYO FOOD FILE
Jun 18, 2010

Nozaki Sakaten: Fine sake served with enthusiasm

To enter the warren of low-rise, low-rent back streets southwest of Shinbashi Station is to venture well off the gourmet beaten track. These few blocks around Karasumori Shrine are known for carousing, not fine dining. But at least there is plenty of good sake to imbibe — once you have found your way...
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LIFE / Travel
Jun 13, 2010

Brides, boats and blooms

The bride in the garden is a vision in white, her snowy dress contrasting sharply with the brilliant purple of the irises around her.
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LIFE / Travel / HOTELS & RESTAURANTS
Jun 4, 2010

Unwind Bali-style in Tokyo

Four Seasons Hotel Tokyo at Chinzan-so is holding a Bali Experience promotion through June 30.
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Events / Events Outside Tokyo
May 28, 2010

Learn about a river's life

Classes in canoeing, fishing and other outdoor activities will be held in Ibaraki Prefecture May 29 and 30. Kawa asobi kyoshitsu (Class for playing on a river) is organized by canoeist Tomosuke Noda, who has written many books about his experiences canoeing on rivers around the world.
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LIFE
May 23, 2010

Ibaraki's hidden lure

Whether tourist or resident, anyone looking for a short trip out of Tokyo, but still within the surrounding Kanto region, has plenty of varied options.
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LIFE / Travel / BACKSTREET STORIES
Apr 25, 2010

Horsing around in Shinjuku

At the tail end of this year's cherry-blossom season I set off for one of Tokyo's prime viewing spots, Shinjuku Gyoen National Garden. My idea is to walk the quiet backstreets circling the garden, then canter through the park itself, which features several late-blooming varieties of sakura cherry trees....
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LIFE / Travel
Apr 11, 2010

Under the volcano, Iwate's capital keeps its rich history alive

The signs of boredom on this first morning in Morioka are manifest. Arriving ill-equipped for the pouring rain, there is a limit to how much interest can be squeezed from the otherwise admirable station facilities. After two hours of window- shopping and an over-surfeit of canned coffees, I'm ready for...
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LIFE / Travel / HOTELS & RESTAURANTS
Apr 9, 2010

Taste the many flavors of wasabi

Until the end of May, the Japanese restaurant Shunbou in the Grand Hyatt Tokyo will feature wasabi, a ubiquitous condiment in Japanese cuisine.
EDITORIALS
Apr 4, 2010

Terror revisits Russia

A string of fatal blasts in Russia last week shows that the North Caucasus problem continues to threaten the country's security. Last Monday morning, explosions in two separate Moscow subway trains reportedly caused by suicide bombers killed 39 people and injured some 70 others.
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LIFE / Travel / BACKSTREET STORIES
Mar 28, 2010

Thatched spring in Setagaya

To slough off winter sluggishness and get into step with spring, I set a course from Seijo Gakuen-mae on the Odakyu Line to Jidayubori Minkaen — a compound of late-Edo Period (1860s) thatched farmhouses in Tokyo's Setagaya Ward — and ending at Futako Tamagawa Station, about 4 km away as the crow...
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COMMUNITY / Issues / THE ZEIT GIST
Mar 16, 2010

Guerrilla comics wage war on the humdrum

If you'd gone down to Shimokitazawa that day — the Saturday before Christmas, around 3 p.m. — you'd have been sure of a big surprise. No, not a teddy bears' picnic, though in Shimokita you never know; instead, among the usual bustling crowds of hipsters, a load of people just stopped moving. For...
BUSINESS / YEN FOR LIVING
Mar 4, 2010

Annals of cheap: Tokyo Metro kaisuken

Smart cards such as PASMO and Suica are convenient for traveling in Tokyo but there's hidden value in the Metro's kaisuken (multiple tickets).
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LIFE / Travel / HOTELS & RESTAURANTS
Feb 26, 2010

Westin's Austrian Fair hits 10th year

The Westin Tokyo will hold its annual Austrian Fair at The Terrace restaurant from Mar. 8 to April 4.
EDITORIALS
Feb 23, 2010

Citizens bring indictment

A law revision that took effect in May 2009 gave citizen committees, which are composed of 11 randomly-selected people, the power to override prosecutors' decision not to file an indictment in a criminal case. If a prosecution inquest committee votes (with at least an 8-3 majority) on two occasions to...
EDITORIALS
Feb 21, 2010

The last newspaper train

Japan's last "newspaper train" will make its final run in March, ending a long history of Japanese trains serving readers as well as passengers. The JR Sobu Line has carried evening papers from Ryogoku Station to areas in the Boso Peninsula in Chiba Prefecture for many years. The March 12 train, however,...

Longform

Once smoky, male-dominated spaces, today's net cafes, like Kaikatsu Club, are working to make their operations more attractive to women customers.
The second life of Japan's net cafes