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- Gujo-Hachiman: Are You Dancing?
- September 24th, 2009Category: Arts & Entertainment, Travel
- Gujo is rightly famous for it’s dance festival, considered amongst the top three in the country by whoever decides these things. Initiated over 400 years ago in an act of socialist generosity by Endo Yoshitaka, the festival was meant as a way of levelling Japan’s rigi ... » Continue Reading
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- Movements as equations: how not to get kicked in the head
- June 23rd, 2009Category: Arts & Entertainment
- While training in Korea, I once heard a former member of the Canadian national Taekwondo team, describe Taekwondo ring fighting as nothing more than a system of equations: your opponent moves this way("A), and you simply have to respond that way ("+ B") to get th ... » Continue Reading
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- Ice Hockey Alive and Well(?) in Japan
- April 13th, 2009Category: Arts & Entertainment, Travel
- photo credit: tata_aka_T Many transplanted hockey fans such as myself, thought they would be forced to give up their passion when they crossed the pond to live in Japan. Perhaps Japan's best kept secret is that an entire hockey culture exists just below the radar of ... » Continue Reading
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- A newbies guide to golf in Japan
- March 13th, 2009Category: Arts & Entertainment
- In my first blog, I armed you with the knowledge that you don't necessarily need to sell a kidney to finance a round of golf. Now, let's see if I can help you make your way onto the first tee. A newbies guide to.... Where to buy golf gear? Not surprisingly, golf s ... » Continue Reading
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