Living in JAPAN

by Tom Baker

 

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This column was written by Tom Baker from June 1998 to Summer 2001.



June / 1998 - 1 Ice Water and Tear Gas
June / 1998 - 2 Pancakes Must be Served in the Proper Context
July / 1998 - 1 I Love Yu
July / 1998 - 2 Aqua-Abattoir : The Tsukiji Fish Market
Aug / 1998 Talking and Eating in an Izakaya  
Sep / 1998 Words to the wise  
Oct / 1998 Tochigi Cowboy  
Nov / 1998 Tom Clancy's Debt of Honor
 
Dec / 1998 Shakes and Paper and Autumn Leaves :Wandering Through Saitama

Jan / 1999 Street of Women,Road of Men  
Feb / 1999 The Subject was Streetcars  
March / 1999 Coming to Japan...and Staying  
April / 1999 A Disaster Whenever you want one  
May / 1999 HOLY MACKEREL : No Fishing Allowed in a Prophet's Hometown  
June / 1999 HOW TO VISIT A TEMPLE  
July / 1999 Dinner Dates with Death  
Aug / 1999 SHRINE OF THE WARRIOR ACCOUNTANT and other Yokohama sights  
Sep / 1999 CASUALTIES OF MT.FUJI  
Oct / 1999 TWO CUBIC METERS OF MALE SPACE : Capsule Hotels and Other Impediments to Female Success -
Nov /1999 THEY CAME THEY SAW THEY WROTE : CFive books on Japan
Dec / 1999 Good-bye Rabbit, Hello Dragon  

Jan / 2000 AMERICAN INTERLUDE  
Feb / 2000 SUMO !  
March / 2000 HANGING OUT WITH THE CATS  
Summer / 2000 KABUKI IN KHAKI : Japanese War Propaganda on Brief Display-
   
Summer / 2001 Last column - farewell message -