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sukeroku enlarged picture Hanakawado Sukeroku, the main character of a popular kabuki play whom Edokko looked upon as their hero. (©Tokyo Metropolitan Library. No reproduction or republication

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Central Tokyo is undergoing a major transformation. Until recently the city has tended to expand outwards, stretching further and further into surrounding areas, but now this trend is reversing as a

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Web Japan > NIPPONIA No.35 > Special Feature* NIPPONIA NIPPONIA No.35 December 15, 2005 TOP Top: Near the fifth station on the Subashiri-guchi Trail. The shape of the rocks shows how the lava st

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Web Japan > NIPPONIA No.28 > Special Feature* NIPPONIA NIPPONIA No.28 March 15, 2004 TOP Special Feature* Image Methane "ice" burning. japanese Methane Hydrate, a Future Energy Source Hidden De

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Web Japan > NIPPONIA No.28 > Special Feature* NIPPONIA NIPPONIA No.28 March 15, 2004 TOP Special Feature* Fuel Cell Technology Takes Off Excitement is building over fuel cells because they prov

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NIPPONIA NIPPONIA No.27 December 15, 2003 TOP 3 Wonders of Japan By Mick Corliss Born in the state of Oregon in the United States. After working as a journalist for The Japan Times, Corliss bec

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NIPPONIA NIPPONIA No.26 September 15, 2003 TOP Special Feature* Japan's Southernmost Hot Spring Iriomote-jima Onsen, Okinawa Prefecture Iriomote Island, 450 km southwest of the island of Okinawa,

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NIPPONIA NIPPONIA No.25 June 15, 2003 TOP In Japan Today Growing up with Animé Written by Sakagami Kyoko Japanese animé are admired around the world for their imaging techniques and varied sto

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NIPPONIA NIPPONIA No.25 June 15, 2003 TOP Japan Travelogue Image (1)Tokyo Waterfront, Tokyo (2)Osaka japanese Until 1868, Tokyo was known as Edo, meaning "Gateway to the Bay."In the early 160

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NIPPONIA NIPPONIA No.24 March 15, 2003 TOP Special Feature* Collecting sap from lacquer trees Lacquerware is one of Japan's best-known traditional crafts. Applying lacq

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NIPPONIA NIPPONIA No.23 December 15, 2002 TOP Special Feature* Underground shopping centers as art Kitao's predictions came partly true in the 1950s and 60s. The city of O

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NIPPONIA NIPPONIA No.21 June 15, 2002 TOP Special Feature* Farming Fish in Japan The Japanese eat a lot of seafood, so they want it cheap and readily available in large quant

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NIPPONIA NIPPONIA No.20 March 15, 2002 TOP Special Feature* Technology and the Japanese Soul Japan has achieved tremendous industrial growth since World War II, developing