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Read Part 1 >> I woke up the next morning with my throat parched. Was I coming down with something? My throat was the weakest part …
“What’s your real name?” GEISHA GIRL asked, picking up my business card after I was finished with him. I named all my customers by the …
“I don’t make it through this side of town too often, these days.” “When’s the last time you were down here?” I asked. “Man, it’s been years. …
The year was 1965. Twenty years had passed since the end of the catastrophic war that left much of Japan reduced to ashes. Since that …
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That was too much, thought Mrs. K. Not even Bira gave any warning! She didn’t reply, saying only: “I’ll go check it out.” Confusing the …
“Poetic license?…” appears to be the hot topic of the day, and is a much debated question. What liberties, and how much can a writer …
“On the side of the trunk was the name Shimizu, hand-painted in large white letters. It was opened for the curious crowd. … The new …
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>> Part 1Early the next morning, Cousin Hiroshi, who spoke fairly good English, Mandarin and Cantonese, Portuguese, and of course, Japanese, led us on a …
It wasn’t until the samba beat of the tune “Brazil” roused me from a semi-stupor that I realized our Varig flight was finally approaching the …
>> Part 1Japan CruiseThis past April, my husband and I joined several of our close Hawai‘i friends on a 10-day cruise around Japan. From Yokohama, …
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