From the Bear Den: Time for a Change
Before I begin this rant I need to make it clear that I enjoy living in Japan. No, no, scrub
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Amid the Blizzard, a Sakura Forecast Blooms
When I lived in Mie prefecture (by Hokkaido standards, located roughly near the southern the tip of Japan), the annual
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Out of the Blizzard, Back to Home
(This column is the second installment in a 2-part series. Read part one here.) As we made our escape south
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Saori Ito: A Journey Home
The small town of Engaru sits roughly in the center of the Okhotsk region of Hokkaido, where the Yubetsu River, among many others, provide a fertile environment for crops.
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Yotei Views: A Stradivarius in Niseko
Some years ago, the Australian Chamber Orchestra ‘miraculously’ appeared at Hanazono 308 just a couple of hundred yards down the
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Into the Blizzard, on to Soya Misaki
In the fading twilight a blackness could be seen stretching out before us on the horizon. It wasn’t the night
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In Pictures: Final Preparations for the Sapporo Snow Festival
On Friday, a blast of warm air invaded Hokkaido (and the rest of Japan), sending temperatures up into the above-freezing
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Icy dinosaurs and other Snow Festival fun
The 2013 Sapporo Snow Festival is now just days away. As a new resident of Sapporo who has never been,
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Welcome aboard
My first job as an editor came when I was a grade schooler in rural eastern Oregon in the United States, where a hand-crafted version of The Traylor Gazette
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