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May.18.2013 - 4:54 pm
“”Up to Sandakan” by Yamazaki Tomoko   I’ve just finished reading this book.  Yamazaki Tomoko is the author of “Sandakan Brothel No. 8” and “Up to Sandakan” is her...
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Apr.22.2013 - 7:07 pm
  Selected from the above paperback, I have translated a number of tanka and showed them on Facebook.  Lately, I've been neglecting my blog, so here I am.  ...
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Apr.06.2013 - 9:02 pm
  rain stopped mountain winds howls Yamabuki says
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Apr.04.2013 - 11:58 pm
  an old, surviving rose in my backyard   I didn’t know this old but still interesting copyright related issue: the melody of “Akatonbo (赤とんぼ A Red Dragonfly).” I...
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17.Jul.2011
Keiko Amano reviews
It took three weeks to receive this book, but it was worth it. I was very excited to read and finished the book. I truly enjoyed it. Through the scenes and narrative, I felt...

Comments from Keiko

May.14.2013 - 6:25 pm
In response to: What does Zen know?
I'm fascianted with the subject.  I googled about the tradition of  Zen questions and answers and found out...
May.13.2013 - 6:16 pm
In response to: Bacterium Desino
I see.  I'm glad.  About cholera, it's interesting.  It's true some medicine are a form of  poison...
May.13.2013 - 6:08 pm
In response to: What does Zen know?
You're welcome.  I should have mentioned it though that even Japanese are often confused with the difference...
May.11.2013 - 11:05 pm
In response to: Bacterium Desino
Farzana, Are you okay?  Whenever I hear food poisoning, I feel guilty.  One time, my teen-aged  daughter...
May.10.2013 - 8:05 am
In response to: What does Zen know?
Farzana, That's an entertaining fable.  But, in Japan, Zen buddhists are at temples, not shrines.   Shrines...