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A weekly visual journal/cartoon about an easily-annoyed fourth generation American of Japanese descent. This week, “More Questions about the Afterlife...” Check back every weekend for …
“One girl cried,” says Edwin Ushiro, recalling an audience member’s reaction to his art. “She said it touched her.” For Ushiro, art is about more …
Read Part 2 >>During the Edo Period (1603-1868), there was a great flowering of ghost stories in many areas ranging from art to entertainment. Reider …
Read Part 1 >>>The theme of the revengeful female spirit is still alive today in Japanese films. Probably the best-known recent example of a popular Japanese …
One sunny day in August, I was on the way to go back to my new place in Kaimuki near the University of Hawaii. That …
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