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• For Those Considering Blaxit, I Present to You: Japan - The Root October 17, 2017
  The RootFor Those Considering Blaxit, I Present to You: JapanThe RootFor such a small country, Japan's culture is incredibly complex and varied, at times contradicting and overflowing in rigid invisible social rules. It's one of the reasons Japanese people will pray at the Shinto shrine, then immediately cross the ...
• LOOK: Jessy cuddles up with Luis in Japan - ABS-CBN News October 15, 2017
  ABS-CBN NewsLOOK: Jessy cuddles up with Luis in JapanABS-CBN NewsBut after days of touristy adventures, including a visit to Tokyo Disney Sea, Jessy Mendiola and Luis Manzano have opted to spend their Sunday afternoon in a more relaxing manner. On Instagram, Mendiola posted a photo of her cuddled up close with the ...
• Minakata Kumagusu: The Meiji Polymath Who Broke the Mold - Nippon.com October 16, 2017
  Minakata Kumagusu: The Meiji Polymath Who Broke the MoldNippon.comIn 1906, hoping to unify Japan's myriad local kami under the aegis of State Shintō, the Meiji government issued an edict calling for local authorities to close down the countless small and obscure shrines dotting the Japanese countryside and merge them ...
• Three Tokyo day trips step into Japanese history - Los Angeles Times September 24, 2017
  Los Angeles TimesThree Tokyo day trips step into Japanese historyLos Angeles TimesThat's when it was chosen as the location for the memorial shrine to shogun Tokugawa Ieyasu (1543-1616), widely considered the unifier of Japan. His capital, a former backwater called Edo (now a megalopolis called Tokyo), was home to a dynastic line ...
• Exposure | Snapshots of Japan - NYU Washington Square News October 10, 2017
  NYU Washington Square NewsExposure | Snapshots of JapanNYU Washington Square NewsThe architectural forms of Japanese cities are nearly impossible to narrow down to a distinct set of characteristics. Chaotic neon lights and abstract geometry reflect the modernity of the city. They give way to the calm, clean lines of traditional ...