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Issue #228

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Issue #228: May 2000

TJ: Are you actually pop stars? MoM: No, we are star poppers.

	hard landing on planet japan an interview with mouse on mars

	car talk bargaining guidelines for the best deal
	running for hope volunteers for cambodia tokyo faces kappabashi: empire of plastic journey to the stars & beyond open air and space art in hakone bags & boxing

	MoM: In 23 years, there will actually be a shift of words and meanings. The head won’t be called “head,” but “potato.” You’ll have heads for lunch. “Hey, can I have some more heads, please?”
exhibiting things issey miyake making fashion free gifts books, bags, and boxing loser plays the budokan beck takes up residence in japan loose lips j-talk travel sri lanka buddhism at the source education in the shadow of basho short story mice how the east was won hanatsubaki and paris collection individuals


Check out the complete interview with Mouse on Mars in this month’s Tokyo Journal!
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Issue #229

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Issue #229: June 2000

TJ: What is the most difficult thing to teach non-Japanese about butoh? Akiko Motofuji: In western cultures there’s only “yes” and “no,” and if it’s neither it’s a secret. Butoh is located right in that area between yes and no . . .

	married to butoh an interview with akiko motofuji

	jimmy scott i’m gonna get you tonight
	perfect skin for cyprus a smooth conversation between dr. andy and miss universe japan 2000 tokyo faces meguro: a split view free gifts bags & boxing

	TJ: Does it actually make sense to try to explain Butoh in words? AM: Well, it’s your job to write about things, I would rather tell people to come and watch.
dalai lama wangda on karma j-talk loose lips education the world’s premier online university fashion of beer ko soda makes shoes a passion for taschen interview with a publishing maveric


Read the complete interview with Akiko Motofuji in this month’s Tokyo Journal!
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Issue #230

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Issue #230: July 2000



	cave dwellers beer wanderlust on Hachijojima island

	tokyo walker japanese history on foot
	watching out about birds and other flying objects Outdoor Adventure College take your pick from a wide array of recreational activities shoes on wheels there’s a new roll in town sapporo and the sheraton the great escape


tons of outdoor listings pools, bungee jumping, whitewater rafting and more travel a temple in Seoul education international pros and cons tokyo faces of beer checking out Kiba fashion coordinated shoestrings and rucksacks hokkaido the great outdoors



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Issue #231

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Issue #231: August 2000



	a brief history of beer origin of the amber nectar

	beer’s everywhere dozens of local brews to choose
	tj’s first annual beer tasting contest tj readers vote the beer of the year home brewing to brew or not to brew exotic beers from around the world chili beer anybody? beer garden listings drinking through the roof


j-talk what the japanese are saying tokyo faces denenchofu as seen from above table manners when nobody’s watching read this and win a case of beer reisei karakuchi draft war zone now and 400 years ago travel vietnam



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Issue #232

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Issue #232: September 2000



	crime doesn’t play fair the first foreigner to hang in japan

	blueberry fields how one man turns the crop around
	artists interview: mimi yokoo is she her father’s daughter? phirip malrowe inside the head of an english teacher


loose lips a mouthful of j-talk free gifts dinner for two, copperfield, and shades haiku hipster long lost records unearthed education all’s fair at fairs with special faret book reviews two photo books of the month tokyo faces another way of looking at the ‘hoods



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Issue #233

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Issue #233: October 2000



	travel off the beaten track in laos

	dr nakamatsu interview with a genius
	fine dining meet some of tokyo’s finest restaurateurs i-mode the internet in your pocket free gifts five-star hotel stays, dietary goods, and poster girls beckon the lucky and the brave cat sitting paws for thought

	pampering pets the full range of services to get tails wagging pet detective stray dog stories
electronic pets no poo, no fluff, no trouble with the landlady phirip malrowe hard-boiled english teacher fiction tokyo faces akihabara in the limelight education shrinks or shrines? bruce leeputting the art in martial snapping fido interview with a canine photographer



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Issue #234

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Issue #234: November 2000



	john lennon the life, the legacy, the merchandising

	travel the water gypsies of Indonesia
	saltimbanco under the big tent people a little house in hiroo free gifts get something for nothing


loose lips jaywalking j-talk phirip malrowe on the case, in your face lucy blackman from a british perspective tokyo faces makuhari new town education hit the books now



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Issue #235

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Issue #235: December 2000 / January 2001



	john lennon the life, the legacy, the merchandising

	travel snow’s different in japan
	politics how they take the money and run tokyo faces plato’s not coming gospel why japanese let their soul out


free gifts get something for nothing loose lips j-talk lucy blackman from a british perspective education lashing out on presidential platforms salazar tasteful paintings cannabis legalize marijuana



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Issue #236

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Issue #236: February 2001



	taka kohi japan’s middleweight champ lowers his guard

	travel parallel cities — china
	politics only in japan — the right’s always right tokyo faces sugamo — and the long sleeve kimono fire free gifts cooking by the book and looking back


loose lips tongues will wag greenpeace anti-whaling & anti-japanese? education university inc. — education goes public k-1 the good, the bad, and the boring collector’s world opening a can of worms



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Issue #237

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Issue #237: March 2001



	dreams dating on the rocks

	human icons carving a niche in the art world
	sparks this town ain’t big enough for the both of us pillow book of shunga and springs the bullying never stopped how a young boy was driven to suicide


catch of the day tsukiji fish market loose lips he latest from the J-grapevine free gifts be smart, see art big city blues teve gardner shows the way up for the cup the tokyo journal soccer tournament ohio sensei become a good teacher now



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