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Yomoyama: The Dirty Issue

Hey Nagano! ‘Tis the season to get your dirt on with Yomoyama. We’ve got toilet travel horror stories, shameful secrets to keeping warm in winter, pole dancing practitioners, shameful ski bunnies, a how-to guide for long nights in the dirty … Continue reading

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The Dirt

Give us the dirt, Nagano. Those juicy little tidbits you’ve overheard and have been dying to tell, those pieces of gossip too good to pass up. We want it from you, and we want it anonymously. Submit below, using yomoyamamagazine@gmail.com … Continue reading

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Yomoyama: The Deception Issue

Dear Readers, No lie – the Deception issue is here! Deception is a complex thing in the Land of the Rising Sun* — some of it’s expected, some of it’s intrinsic, and some of it just makes our lives a … Continue reading

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Natsukashii: Yomoyama, Summer 2011

Dear Readers, Natsukashii. It’s the theme of this summer’s issue, and a feeling that has been in the air during the past few weeks. July sees the Nagano community say goodbye to dear friends as they move forward with the … Continue reading

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I Should Have Told Her…

Ah, summer, what power you have to make us suffer and like it.  ~Russel Baker  Natsukashii. It’s not nostalgia alone: it’s a twinge of bitterness, a realization that moments pass. While we fill our summer days up with as much … Continue reading

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Yomoyama: Spring 2011

Dear Readers, The spring issue of Yomoyama is here! Read below for a diverse compilation of spring life in Japan: spring sporting, reflections on love (and heartbreak – who do you think is cheating on their girlfriend?), finance, travel, creative … Continue reading

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Mastering the mountain; Climbing Mt. Fuji

By Paula Kerrigan You are wise to climb Fuji once and a fool to climb it twice. I knew a girl once who had been to Egypt six times but had never seen the pyramids! Coming to Japan and not … Continue reading

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December 2009 – January 2010 Events Listings

Music & Events Calendar December 2009-January 2010 Nagano Prefecture Dec. 1, 5, 6, 11, 12, 13 :  Shimotsuki Festival:  Iida City,  Toyamago-Suwa Jinja Shrine. ________ Dec. 4 Fri. Aton Miller & Live Paint. Loft, Ueda. Price: 3500 (adv.) /4000yen (door). … Continue reading

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