“ The rain that fell on the city runs down the dark gutters and empties into the sea without even soaking the ground Haruki Murakami
“ Germany, Japan and, to a lesser extent, Britain and Italy, were lifted out of the debris of war by the Americans who poured in billions of dollars and forgave other billions in debts. Gordon Sinclair
“ ...I was not prepared for the feel of the noodles in my mouth, or the purity of the taste. I had been in Japan for almost a month, but I had never experiences anything like this. The noodles quivered… Ruth Reichl
“ After listening to a lot of these stories, I began to think that American loneliness is a completely different creature from anything we experience in this country, and it made me glad I was born Japa… Ryū Murakami
“ I served at the Pentagon and at Fort Leavenworth - my job was video cameraman, and that allowed me to travel to places like Korea, Japan, Alaska, Germany and the Netherlands. Chad Coleman
“ Yet for the first time in three days, I want something. I want the forest lord to turn me into a cedar. The very oldest islanders say that if you are in the interior mountains on the night when the fo… David Mitchell
“ It was as if - this something I thought of only later, of course - she was gently peeling back one layer after another that covered a person's heart, a very sensual feeling. Haruki Murakami
“ What alternative is there to the media’s “Us” versus “Them”? The danger is that if it is used to prop up this “righteous” position of “ours” all we will see from now on are ever more exacting and minu… Haruki Murakami
“ Psychologically speaking (I’ll only wheel out the amateur psychology just this once, so bear with me), encounters that call up strong physical disgust or revulsion are often in fact projections of our… Haruki Murakami
“ Yes," I continued, "I discovered this model recently and her style never fails to be mathematically perfect. She seems to come by it naturally. As if she were born resonant. I notice Japanese models t… Alexei Maxim Russell
“ It’s not easy for a young gay fabulous boy in Japan, I should know, that’s why I became a woman.” Momma Nakama Rochelle H. Ragnarok
“ In pursuing a ‘way,’ Japanese typically move beyond an interest in craftsmanship to a kind of sacred search for the ultimate. Morinosuke Kawaguchi
“ Being a samurai is all about selfless service and if the lord abuses the servant, it is no longer a situation of service; it becomes the situation of a victim. It is never acceptable for a samurai to… Alexei Maxim Russell
“ Count Ayakura’s abstraction persisted. He believed that only a vulgar mentality was willing to acknowledge the possibility of catastrophe. He felt that taking naps was much more beneficial than confro… Yukio Mishima
“ Whereas, in the west, individuality and drive are considered positive qualities, they are not seen the same way, in Japan. In that country, if you are too much of a rugged individualist, it might actu… Alexei Maxim Russell
“ Daisuke was of course equipped with conversation that, even if they went further, would allow him to retreat as if nothing had happened. He had always wondered at the conversations recorded in Western… Sōseki Natsume
“ Constant love despite almost impossible anti-clamix towards this place of the rising sun... Alexander Zalan
“ Girly’ products can spur Japan’s growth in this century every bit as much as, if not more than, the ‘manly’ technologies. Morinosuke Kawaguchi
“ In Japan, so many emoticons have been created that it’s reasonable to assume Japanese appreciate their convenience more than anyone else. Morinosuke Kawaguchi
