Stories about Literature in Tokyo
A Cook's Tour: Anthony Bourdain's Love Affair With VietnamAdam Bray - kanzis_slave [2,430] Best known for his book "Kitchen Confidential" and his current series "No Reservations" on the Travel Channel, chef and author Anthony Bourdain travels the world looking for the perfect meal for his...
Destinations:
Tokyo |
Vietnam |
Can Tho |
Ho Chi Minh City |
Cambodia |
Nha Trang |
Japan |
Pailin
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Wrong About JapanWill Raus - wraus [1,715] For the West, Japan has always been an enigma. From the day that Commodore Perry opened Japan to the rest of the world, it has introduced us to a world far removed from our own. Even today, with all...
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Tokyo |
Japan
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The Shadow of Perfection: Kawabata (Part I)Kenneth Champeon - kchampeon [19,632] Before Wittgenstein arrived to spoil the party, artists used to populate shabby cafes asking questions like "What is beauty?" The Cambridge philosopher pointed out that "beauty" is merely a word, and...
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Tokyo |
Japan
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The Shadow of Perfection: Kawabata (Part II)Kenneth Champeon - kchampeon [19,632] In The Quiet American , the Englishman Fowler says that his "deepest sexual experience" had been "lying in bed early one morning and watching a woman in a red dressing-gown brush her hair." Kawabata...
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Tokyo |
Japan
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Mishima's Last Words: The Sea of Fertility
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Film Review: Memoirs of a GeishaCeleste Heiter - cheiter [28,911] Based upon the critically acclaimed novel by Arthur Golden, this much-anticipated film tells the tale of Chiyo, a nine-year-old girl from an impoverished family whose father sells her and her sister...
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Tokyo |
Japan
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Pico PoloKenneth Champeon - kchampeon [19,632] In the late 1980s, author Pico Iyer embarked on an Asian journey with the purpose of discovering to what extent Western - and especially American - culture had impinged on the cultures of the newly...
Destinations:
Nepal |
Bali |
Indonesia |
Tibet |
Tokyo |
Manila |
Hong Kong |
Mumbai |
India |
Lhasa |
China |
Kathmandu |
Thailand |
Japan |
Philippines |
Bangkok
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Enlightenment as NeurosisKenneth Champeon - kchampeon [19,632] Review of Yukio Mishima's The Temple of the Golden Pavilion.
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Tokyo |
Japan
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Charles Baker's Drunken Oriental JunketKenneth Champeon - kchampeon [19,632] An NPR interviewer once asked writer David Sedaris why he had left New York and moved to Paris. His answer must have sent a frigid wind into every local chapter of Bores Against Anything Pleasurable.
Destinations:
Bali |
Indonesia |
Thailand |
Tokyo |
Japan |
Manila |
Philippines |
Bangkok
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Kawabata CountryKenneth Champeon - kchampeon [19,632] Review of Kawabata's writings: Snow Country and Palm-of-the-Hand Stories.
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Tokyo |
Japan
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