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[caption id="attachment_649" align="alignright" width="160"] 沢入駅　Picturesque station building at Sôri, Watarase Valley Railway (photo by MM)[/caption] 1. Earlier this April I travelled what seemed like one...read more →

Birthday violinists in October include SUZUKI Shin’ichi  鈴木鎮一  (1898-1998) on 17 October, Midori (b. 1971, known in Japan as GOTÔ Midori 五嶋 みどり) on 25...read more →

This year marks the 150th anniversary of the Meiji Restoration (明治維新 or Meiji Renewal in Japanese), dated from the proclamation of the restoration of political...read more →