Donald Richie

Culture

Mr. Jimmy Climbs the Stairway to Perfection

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What matters is the purity of Sakurai’s quest and his refusal to compromise.

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Stranger in a Strange Land: Ian Buruma’s Japan

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The “Cool Japan” of Michelin-starred sushi shops and Pokemon Go lay far in the future. This Japan was warm, wet and chaotic.

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We’d Love to Change Your Head: Japan’s Beatlemanic Moment

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Into this maelstrom came The Beatles, the biggest act on the planet and symbol of youthful hedonism