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Kochi: Where nature meets history
Far from the madding tourist crowds, the little-known city of Kōchi is the birthplace of the samurai and politician Sakamoto Ryōma and the botanist…
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What's wrong with being No Face
Miyazaki Hayao talks about one of his most famous and puzzling characters
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March 2024

(4) Adventures in Shodoshima
2024 Kioke Summit
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February 2024

(3) Adventures in Shodoshima
2024 Kioke Summit
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(2) Adventures in Shodoshima
2024 Kioke Summit
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(1) Adventures in Shodoshima
2024 Kioke Summit
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January 2024

Disaster
We don't know when, but that day will definitely come
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Otaku or not Otaku
That is the question.
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Jujutsu Kaisen celebrates 25th Volume, 90 million copies
Dear readers, my wife and son are huge Jujutsu Kaisen fans. My son buys all the collected volumes of the manga saga and they both watch the TV series …
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Hostess clubs, revisited
As reported by my wife
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Towards a new Golden Generation
Dear readers, the following story is from a Japan-related Substack I’ve just discovered. According to the author, Jesper Koll, Japan is in a demographic…
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Thinking about work while lazying at home
HAPPY NEW YEAR Dear readers, December was a hectic time, what with preparing a trip to Kochi for my magazine (endless emails, scheduling, making…
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