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Japan is famous for its rich cultural heritage and colorful festivals that celebrate the changing seasons. While most of us ...

in Glen Ellyn. The programming for this family-friendly festival, curated by Stephen Toyoda of the Japanese Culture Center, features traditional Japanese entertainment evocative of the Edo era.

So I was intrigued when I noticed that the surfers in my San Francisco neighborhood near Ocean Beach were all wearing perfect straw hats. If surfers do one thing well, aside from looking ...

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