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Ghost River Red
Ghost River Red, my Japanese ghost story has just been published in Lightspeed. http://www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/ghost-river-red/ There is a beautiful picture by Galen Dara to accompany the...
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Arctic Pandas
I’ve started another round the world trip. I’m going up to the Arctic circle in Norway, then down to Antarctica. First stop was Japan. Due to the evil machinations of Typhoon Usagi (which stopped...
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Sei Shonagon – Cranky Ladies of History
When I taught English in Japan, I’d often ask students what they liked most about living in Japan. The two most common answers were: Japanese food and the fact that Japan has four seasons. The second...
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Undeleted
My re-imagining of Unforgiven with a Japanese hacker in place of Clint Eastwood is now up at Cosmos Magazine. Undeleted has Asian hackers in it. If you don’t read this story, you are letting the...
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Places to Visit in Japan
Since I often get asked for recommendations for places to visit in Japan, here are some of my favorite places. I’ve found Japan Guide to be one of the most useful web sites for lists of interesting...
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Go-Karting in Japan
When I heard that a Japanese company had started offering tours of Tokyo where you got to dress up as Mario and drive a go-kart through the streets of Tokyo, I knew it was something I had to try. I...
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Japanese Hotels
I spent 2 weeks in Japan in March. I had a rail pass and travelled between Tokyo, Osaka, Hiroshima and Huis Ten Bosch (near Nagasaki). It had been 3 years since I’d been to Japan – the longest I’d been...
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Japanese Cafes
I visited lots of cafes in Tokyo, starting with the Shirokuma (Polar Bear) Cafe, which is based on the manga and anime series about a lazy panda who gets a job at a cafe run by a polar bear. I also...
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In Spring, the Dawn. In Summer, the Night
My story In Spring, the Dawn. In Summer, the Night has been published in text and audio format at PodCastle. The audio is narrated by Nina Brady. The story is about a battle poet in Heian-era Japan...
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Tokyo and Osaka
At the end of March I spent a week in Japan. I tried out lots of fun activities in Tokyo. I took a kendo class. I went kayaking out to the Tokyo Sky Tree. I went to a Godzilla-themed strawberry...
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