Issue #226

Issue #226: March 2000       new millennium ninja the secret art   the irish waylife in tokyo snakes and ladders patrick’s story satoh’s snakeman show fashion designer kohshin satoh     free giftsfashion, movies, boys’ show rumble in the junglefighting for survival in burma travel reality bites in dhaka education elementary English education […]

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Issue #227: April 2000       between a rock and a soft place the culture of love hotels   starting from scratchwhat tokyo customs don’t want youto see s+m the pleasures of bondage skin on film shedding light on the human form free gifts diaries, calendars, t-shirts,guidebooks tokyo faces shibuya’s slippery slopes     […]

Issue #228

Issue #228: May 2000   TJ: Are you actually pop stars? MoM: No, we are star poppers.     hard landing on planet japan an interview with mouse on mars   car talk bargaining guidelines for the best deal running for hope volunteers for cambodia tokyo faces kappabashi: empire of plastic journey to the stars […]

Issue #229

Issue #229: June 2000   TJ: What is the most difficultthing to teach non-Japaneseabout butoh? Akiko Motofuji: In western cultures there’s only “yes” and “no,” and if it’s neither it’s a secret. Butoh is located right in that area between yes and no . . .     married to butoh an interview with akiko […]

Issue #230

Issue #230: July 2000       cave dwellers beer wanderlust on Hachijojima island   tokyo walker japanese history on foot watching out about birds and other flying objects Outdoor Adventure College take your pick from a wide array of recreational activities shoes on wheels there’s a new roll in town sapporo and the sheraton […]

Issue #231

Issue #231: August 2000       a brief history of beer origin of the amber nectar   beer’s everywhere dozens of local brews to choose tj’s first annual beer tasting contest tj readers vote the beer of the year home brewing to brew or not to brew exotic beers from around the world chili […]

Issue #232

Issue #232: September 2000       crime doesn’t play fair the first foreigner tohang in japan   blueberry fields how one man turns the crop around artists interview: mimi yokoo is she her father’s daughter? phirip malrowe inside the head of an english teacher   loose lips a mouthful of j-talk free gifts dinner […]

Issue #233

Issue #233: October 2000       travel off the beaten track in laos   dr nakamatsu interview with a genius fine dining meet some of tokyo’s finest restaurateurs i-mode the internet in your pocket free gifts five-star hotel stays, dietary goods, and poster girls beckon the lucky and the brave cat sitting paws for […]

Issue #234

Issue #234: November 2000       john lennon the life, the legacy, the merchandising   travel the water gypsies of Indonesia saltimbanco under the big tent people a little house in hiroo free gifts get something for nothing     loose lips jaywalking j-talk phirip malrowe on the case, in your face lucy blackman […]

Issue #235

Issue #235: December 2000 / January 2001       john lennon the life, the legacy, the merchandising   travel snow’s different in japan politics how they take the money and run tokyo faces plato’s not coming gospel why japanese let their soul out     free gifts get something for nothing loose lips j-talk […]