The deafening report of war is such that the cries of its victims are often hard to hear, even decades later. Japanese Reflections on World War II and the American Occupation, by Edgar A. Porter and Ran Ying Porter.256 pages AMSTERDAM UNIVERSITY PRESS, Nonfiction. This is why ...
Drive an hour south of Fukuoka and take a right at the city of Hita and you'll find yourself skirting the edge of Lake Bairin. Mountains rise up from the water's edge, the slopes crowded with cedars, and the road alternates between dense forest and ...
It's a rare day that the top of Oita Prefecture's Mount Yufu (or Yufudake) isn't obscured by clouds, claims Lonely Planet's "Hiking in Japan" guidebook. Luckily, our visit happens to coincide with one of those rare days — there is nothing but an unbroken ...
The guesthouse I was staying at in Kitsuki was named after the owner, a tough but warm-hearted example of Kyushu womanhood, someone who had learnt to stand her own ground on an island known for its almost theatrical levels of machismo.
It is the time of the year when many people get nervous about winning and losing. Students are cramming hard to pass entrance exams to get into the high schools and colleges of their dreams.
