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Who is Mieko Kawakami?

Have you heard of Mieko Kawakami? When I first moved to Japan, hundreds of us were housed in the Keio Plaza hotel in Shinjuku, Tokyo. None of us knew each other really though a few had met in the pre-departure, so of course we began with the most basic questions -...

What is the Kaimanawa Wall

The Kaimanawa Wall is a rock formation near Lake Taupo on the Northern Island. It has the appearance of being a manmade stone structure or wall. Due to sensitivities over Maori culture and history, the wall has not been studied in enough depth to understand whether it...

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