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srcset="http://blog.colinmarshall.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/ncc-japan-guide-header.png 500w, http://blog.colinmarshall.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/ncc-japan-guide-header-300x150.png 300w" sizes="(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px" /></p> <p>This page indexes all of <em>Notebook on Cities and Culture</em>‘s Japan-recorded and Japan-related interviews. Stay tuned for much more and about the Land of the Rising Sun.</p> <p> </p> <p><strong>Osaka:</strong></p> <ul> <li><strong><a href="http://blog.colinmarshall.org/?p=1263">Brian Ashcraft</a></strong>, Senior Contributing Editor for video game site <a href="http://kotaku.com/">Kotaku</a>, contributor at <em>Wired</em>, and author of <em>Arcade Mania!</em> and <em>Japanese Schoolgirl Confidential</em></li> <li><strong><a href="http://blog.colinmarshall.org/?p=1267">Josh Parkin</a></strong>, luthier and proprietor of <a href="http://josh-parkin-guitars.com/">Josh Parkin Guitars</a></li> <li><strong><a href="http://blog.colinmarshall.org/?p=1331">Christopher Stephens</a></strong>, translator, writer, and former editor of <em>Kansai Time Out</em></li> </ul> <p><strong>Kyoto:</strong></p> <ul> <li><strong><a href="http://blog.colinmarshall.org/?p=1254">Michael Lambe</a></strong>, <a href="http://www.deepkyoto.com/">Deep Kyoto</a> blogger, teacher, and Public Relations Representative for the <em><a href="http://www.kyotojournal.org/">Kyoto Journal</a></em></li> <li><strong><a href="http://blog.colinmarshall.org/?p=1272">John Dougill</a></strong>, professor of British culture at Ryukoku University, blogger at <a href="http://www.greenshinto.com/">Green Shinto</a>, and author of <em>Kyoto: A Cultural History</em>, <em>In Search of Japan’s Hidden Christians</em>, and <em>Oxford in English Literature</em></li> <li><strong><a href="http://blog.colinmarshall.org/?p=1323">Stephen Gill</a></strong>, poet, BBC radio scriptwriter, and executive director of <a href="http://www.ptogura.org/">People Together for Mt. Ogura</a></li> </ul> <p><strong>Nara:</strong></p> <ul> <li><strong><a href="http://blog.colinmarshall.org/?p=1228">Pico Iyer</a></strong>, author of <em>Video Night in Kathmandu</em>, <em>The Lady and the Monk</em>, <em>The Global Soul</em>, and most recently <em>The Man Within My Head</em></li> <li><strong><a href="http://blog.colinmarshall.org/?p=1305">Christopher Olson</a></strong>, artist, critic, and teacher</li> </ul> <p><strong>Kobe:</strong></p> <ul> <li><strong><a href="http://blog.colinmarshall.org/?p=1245">Tim Olive</a></strong>, guitarist, improviser, and sound artist</li> </ul> <p><strong>Los Angeles:</strong></p> <ul> <li><strong><a href="http://blog.colinmarshall.org/?p=664">Todd Shimoda</a></strong>, author of “philosophical mystery” novels with science, engineering, Japanese and Japanese-American themes (this interview covers <em>Subduction</em>)</li> <li><strong><a href="http://blog.colinmarshall.org/?p=1362">Roland Kelts</a></strong>, visiting scholar and lecturer at the University of Tokyo, contributing editor to literary journals <em>A Public Space</em> and Japan’s <em>Monkey Business International</em>, and author of <em>Japanamerica: How Japanese Pop Culture Has Invaded the U.S</em></li> <li><strong><a href="http://blog.colinmarshall.org/?p=1533">Leslie Helm</a></strong>, former Tokyo correspondent for <em>Business Week</em> and the <em>Los Angeles Times</em> and author of <em>Yokohama Yankee: My Family’s Five Generations as Outsiders in Japan</em></li> <li><strong><a href="http://blog.colinmarshall.org/?p=2063">Dan Kuramoto</a></strong>, founding member of the band <a href="http://www.hiroshimamusic.com/index.html">Hiroshima</a></li> <li><strong><a href="http://blog.colinmarshall.org/?p=2295">Eric Nakamura</a></strong>, founder of Asian-American aesthetic culture and lifestyle brand <a href="http://www.giantrobot.com/">Giant Robot</a></li> </ul> <p><b><em>Marketplace of Ideas</em> interviews:</b></p> <ul> <li><strong>John Nathan</strong>, translator of Yukio Mishima and Kenzaburō Ōe, filmmaker, and author of the memoir <em>Living Carelessly in Tokyo and Elsewhere</em> [<a href="http://traffic.libsyn.com/colinmarshall/MOI_John_Nathan_1.mp3">MP3</a>] [<a href="http://traffic.libsyn.com/colinmarshall/MOI_John_Nathan_2.mp3">MP3</a>]</li> <li><strong>Ian Buruma</strong>, writer, documentarian, Henry R. Luce Professor of Human Rights and Journalism at Bard College, and author of <em>The China Lover</em>, a historical novel examining on life and career of Manchurian-born Japanese actress Yoshiko Yamaguchi [<a href="http://traffic.libsyn.com/colinmarshall/MOI_Ian_Buruma.mp3">MP3</a>]</li> <li><strong>Kim Richardson</strong>, executive producer at The Criterion Collection and producer of box set <em>Pigs, Pimps and Prostitutes: Three Films by Shohei Imamura</em> [<a href="http://traffic.libsyn.com/colinmarshall/MOI_Kim_Hendrickson.mp3">MP3</a>]</li> <li><strong>Nick Currie</strong>, a.k.a. Momus, musician, writer, artist, “avant-gardist,” and Osaka resident [<a href="http://traffic.libsyn.com/colinmarshall/MOI_Nick_Currie_2.mp3">MP3</a>]</li> <li><strong>Todd Shimoda</strong>, author of “philosophical mystery” novels like <i>365 Views of Mt. 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