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My favorite Sushi

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Sushi already has a lot going for it. Its tasty, one of the quickest, most easily accessible contact points for Japanese culture, …

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Kappa

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Kappa are water imps that live in Japanese folklore. They're a human, frog, duck, monkey hybrid sort of thing. In Japanese folklor…

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Azumaya Pavilion

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The Miyazaki Garden in Red Wing Park now has an AZUMAYA PAVILION that serves as a place for meditation, contemplation and reflecti…

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Asagao Flower

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Asagao means Morning Glory.As their name implies, the flowers are most spectacular in the morning.Asagao means morning face in Jap…

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Kyoto

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Kyoto is also popular for several other reasons as well. One of them is the presence of the Kiyomizu-dera temple that is located o…

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Palm Trees in Japan

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When you think of Japan, you usually think of Mt. Fuji, Tokyo, temples, shrines, cars, robots and sushi. But did you know that you…

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Rooibos Tea

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Rooibos is a red tea and this family includes rooibos and honeybush. There have been numerous studies published about the health b…

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