Volume 35. Issue #277

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1. Tokyo Street Editorial Inside this issue	22. Legendary Rock Photographer Bob Gruen From John Lennon to Green Day

2. China’s Biggest Fashion Show (二ヵ国語) Junko Koshino’s fashion in Beijing	23. Rock Photographer Mick Rock The Man Who Shot the Seventies

3. Harajuku Fashion Walk The kawaii catwalk	24. L.A.’s Entrepreneurial Photographer Brad Elterman Introducing Western rock, pop and punk pics to Japan

4. Chiaki TV celeb talks about children’s app	25. Donald Richie’s Some Autumn Days Japan expert shares his exciting encounters

5. Streetstyle Glamour Some serious street thread	26. Through the Eyes of Yankelovich Challenging the economist worldview

6. Akira Kurosawa’s Legacy Exclusive interview with Hisao Kurosawa	27. Dr. Rod Ellis World-acclaimed applied linguist helps pioneer online education

7. Big Hero 6 Japan-influenced Oscar Winner	28. David Nunan’s Global Classroom Instructor or educator: what’s the difference

8. Nobel Physics Laureate Shuji Nakamura on his blue LED	29. Haitian Art Fusing styles of art

9. The Future of Education in Japan (二ヵ国語) Japan’s Minister of Education	30. Surviving Nepal Photojournalist recounts horrific disaster

10. Consul General of Japan, Los Angeles Harry Horinouchi on China, Japan & US	31. Tool for Needs (二ヵ国語) The drama of destruction and creation

11. Conductor Carl St.Clair A quarter century with Pacific Symphony	32. Japanese National Tea Ceremony Treasures Tea ceremony grandmaster visits L.A.

12. Kyoto Prize Laureate Fukumi Shimura, a living national treasure	33. Mari’s Homemade Cooking Recipes Inari zushi, shiitake tsukudani & chakin zushi

13. Cosplay Conventions Cosplayers in Tokyo & L.A.	34. L.A.: Birthplace of the Nuevo Taco Chef Ben Ford’s Korean-style taco recipe

14. Chicchai Ossan Regional mascot boom	35. Spaghetti with Pesto & Garlic Shrimp Daniela Ingrosso’s Italian pasta recipe

15. WagakkiBand Fusing east and west with old and new	36. Garrity’s Japan Revising Roppongi

16. VAMPS(二ヵ国語) Japanese rock phenoms HYDE and K.A.Z	37. Where to Stay in Toronto Toronto’s top hotels

17. MIYAVI: The Samurai Guitarist Making music and movie magic	38. Innovations and Inventions Japan’s technological advances

18. Apocalyptica Classical cello metal maestros	39. Marie Kondo Japanese organizing innovator

19. Blondie Bob Gruen’s Debbie Harry photo retrospective	40. Parenting with Lorraine It’s not fair: parenting children of different ages

20. Whisky a Go Go & Rainbow Bar and Grill L.A.’s legendary home of rock and roll	41. Lifestyles Red or green light: flirting boundaries

21. Underground Music Spotlight 3 By Design and Blackwater	42. Yoga Lifestyle Relaxation strategies