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Recent Articles:
Japan Times - Games and gab at a French pub in western Tokyo (Feb. 2026)
Unfiltered - Building from the Ground Up (Jan. 2026)
Supported by a travel grant from Gold House
Japan Times - Redevelopment and resistance in historic Nishiogikubo (Mar. 2025)
Tokyo Cheapo - Best Tattoo-Friendly Hot Springs and Baths Around Tokyo (Feb. 2025)
Tokyo Cheapo - Willow Alley: Better Than Golden Gai? (Feb. 2025)
Frame Media - Undercovered: The Okinawa Dilemma (2024)
AsAmNews - Naomi Osaka, Rui Hachimura both loved and despised in Japan (Apr. 2023)
AsAmNews - US Marine base blamed for rising crime in Japan (Nov. 2023)
Personal Narratives:
Asahi Weekly - A brief visit to a land where safety and friendship comes easy (Dec. 2024)
Asahi Weekly - Tales of late night bar patrons who’ve had too much tipple (Dec. 2024)
Asahi Weekly - Giving back to my neighborhood is more important than sleeping in (Dec. 2024)
Asahi Weekly - Fireworks displays at the peak of summer bring back fond childhood memories (Dec. 2024)
Asahi Weekly - It isn’t difficult to want to spend time alone with yourself (Nov. 2024)
Asahi Weekly - Watching how it’s done as a voice actor performs for his fans (Nov. 2024)
Asahi Weekly - Fleeting friendships bring happy times, but I wish they’d stick around (Nov. 2024)
Asahi Weekly - Viewing cherry blossoms brings tranquility no matter the weather (Nov. 2024)
Asahi Weekly - Movies can be fun even when the subtitles don’t explain every joke (Oct. 2024)
Asahi Weekly - Baseball seems to be a heck of a lot more fun at Japanese stadiums (Oct. 2024)
Asahi Weekly - In rental wars, be wary who you share your good fortune with (Oct. 2024)
Asahi Weekly - Playing with fireworks can lead to a run-in with the law (Oct. 2024)
Lost Japantowns in SoCal:
AsAmNews - Spirit of Venice, California’s Japanese community survives (Dec. 2024)
AsAmNews - Japanese Americans built fishing pier near Santa Monica (Dec. 2024)
AsAmNews - Santa Barbara’s Japantown lost, but community perseveres (Nov. 2024)
AsAmNews - Japanese community MIA in multicultural Long Beach, CA (Aug. 2024)
AsAmNews - Sawtelle: LA hotspot fights to keep its Japanese identity (July 2024)
AsAmNews - How the Japanese on Terminal Island near LA created community (May 2024)
AsAmNews - The prisoner who shaped Torrance, Boyle Heights & Little Tokyo (Mar. 2024)
AsAmNews - Japantown in Oxnard, CA both blossomed & withered (Dec. 2023)