Tokyo’s Wicked Yoshiwara Lives ( Just Barely ) On… by Bob Cutts   PART I They’re gone now, all of them. The great somber evening bell of Iriya; all the laughter is…

If during your stay in Japan, someone should suggest that  you join them for a bit of O-kyu, I strongly recommend that you consider your answer ver-r-ry care­fully, for, should you accept…

One of the most memorable—if not lovable—edifices in downtown Tokyo is the Diet Building, headquarters for the two-house legislature that governs this land of 100 million. With its distinctive pointed dome, it…