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Love, Tokyo Style

April 17, 2005 by Kassia

The publishing world has been buzzing about Trainman, the supposedly true story of a young man who spies his true love on the train...and the chat room denizens who help him capture his heart. "Densha Otoko," or "Trainman" by the pseudonomynous Hitori Nakano has Japanese (and surely United States) publishers scrambling for more stories of love in our high tech world. Some … [Read more...] about Love, Tokyo Style

Love, Japanese Style

February 12, 2005 by Kassia

Though Valentine's Day is not a national holiday in Japan, the tradition of celebrating with chocolates has grown. Only in Japan, it's the men who get the chocolates. Seems fair to us, especially since just one month later, "White Day" -- a manufactured holiday -- was established to allow men to assuage their guilt by giving gifts to women. Of course there's a twist: . . … [Read more...] about Love, Japanese Style

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