Real Life Comic: Food (1)  

The latest instalment in our monthly cartoon series. (Yes, it did change from being twice a month.) Learn about the pressures of the appetite in a foreign country, and the dangers of tasty frozen food. Also new this month: bigger images! Click on the ‘detail’ button to follow the story panel by panel.

Neko Manga: New Stories  

What about Shiro and Hana, anyway? Are they really a couple? And why does Shiro insist on taking acrobatic naps in dangerous places? There are no easy answers, but this month’s Neko Manga asks all the right questions.

Lafcadio Hearn’s Ghosts

This past week – 26 September, to be exact — marked the centenary of Lafcadio Hearn’s death. There are a number of events and exhibitions planned to mark the occasion, and we at Nishigawa Kobo are presenting reprints of two of his essays as our contribution.

Seasons in the Shady Garden  

The original ‘Shady Garden’ pages talked about last year’s garden. Here’s what happened next. Click on small flower pictures on the ‘season’ pages to jump to the detail pictures and text.

Photography: Exhibit One
Pentax Spotmatic  

Slowly but surely, the camera pages are growing and changing. Click on the pictures or the ‘detail’ buttons for full-size gallery pages. This month’s selection is all about light, shadow, and summer mornings.

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Date posted: 2004-09-30