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Judit Kawaguchi’s Reports:

For NHK Radio’s Weekend Square, from June 2001 until March 2003, all reports are both in Japanese and English:
1. Tsukudajima area walk and tsukudani (Tsukudajima is an island off Ginza and is famous for a type of preserved fish called tsukudani)
2. Tsukishima and monjayaki (famous food served in over 60 restaurants in the same area)
3. Hama Rikyu Garden, boat to Odaiba, visit future town
4. One day trip in Tokyo
5. Mount Fuji Climb—we actually climbed to the top and reported on the whole trip
6. Togenukijizo—famous festival for health in the obaachan (elderly ladies, grandmas) town called Sugamo in Tokyo
7. Ameyokocho – historical shopping area near Ueno Park
8. Kyoto’s doyo singer Lisa Gershten (doyo is Japanese lullaby)
9. Ueno Zoo baby boom
10. Nippori –famous for its inexpensive cloth vendors and clothing shops
11. Bon Odori in Nihonbashi ( summer dance festival)
12. Suitengumae—Heat Island Tokyo –beat the summer heat!
13. Ikebana teacher Karen Henton
14. Ginza Antique Mall
15. Kyoto’s washimaker Rogeer Antenborgard (washi is Japanese paper )
16. Chuo-ku Aji No Kokusai Koryu cooking class –I taught Hungarian cooking for about 30 members of Tokyo’s Chuo city International Association, including Mr. Yoshihide Yada, the mayor of Chuo city
17. International Field Games Festival, Tokyo –children’s outdoor games from around the world
18. Tiny Boatride in Tokyo’s Kiba
19. Kyoto’s John Louis Tora zen monk
20. Silent movie narrator Sawato Midori
21. Misora Hibari singer Chris Chavez
22. Osaka’s Imamiya Ebisu Matsuri --live report from Japan’s biggest festival
23. Author/ Japanologist Donald Keene
24. Adventurer Ishikawa Naoki
25. Great Hanshin Earthquake Anniversary, return to Kobe—I was in Kobe the day after the quake and witnessed the devastation while helping out at my parents’ and relatives’ homes
26. Geiko—interview with some of Kyoto’s geishas and maikos
27. Ukrainian poet Ludmilla Skyrda
28. Musician Mamadou
29. Boroichi Antique Fleamarket
30. Green Tea Boom
31. Para-Para Dance Fever in Tokyo’s hottest nightclubs
32. Hungary’s Budapest is the Onsen Capital of the World! (onsen is hot spring )
33. Japanese Language Boom in Budapest: interviews with professors and students at the Budapest Business School’s Japanese language department

For NHK Radio’s 44 Minutes, in both Japanese and English:
1. Osaka’s Homeless

For NHK Radio’s Pop Goes Asia Interviews:
1. Gipsy Kings, in French, English and Japanese
2. Sebestyen Marta, in Hungarian, English and Japanese

For NHK Television’s Weekend Japanology, in Japanese and English from December 2002 until present:
1. New Year Foods in Ameyokocho (near Ueno Park)
2. Hanami (cherry blossom viewing parties) in Shikoku ‘s Kochi
3. 100 yen shop boom
4. Natto (fermented soybeans) dishes served in elementary school lunches, kids reaction
5. Ukai (Gifu prefecture’s cormorant fishing)
6. Wedding Village in Tokyo
7. Akaji Maro and Dairakudakan (butoh’s star and his troupe)
8. Suehirotei—famous old theatre in Tokyo, where the top rakugo storytellers, shamizen players, jugglers, etc still perform today
9. Mount Fuji in Tokyo—visit Oriental Bazaar, where Mt. Fuji ukiyoe (woodblock prints) are sold, a sento (bathhouse) decorated with a giant Mt. Fuji painting, and the Mount Fuji festival in Tokyo’s Kita ward
10. Fans of Osaka’s Hanshin Tigers (top Japanese baseball team) and their cheerleaders
11. Teapicking and temomi making (hand-rolled tealeaves ) in Shizuoka prefecture
12. About Andrew Bukenya, introduce the other reporter on our show
13. About me: both in studio and on location
14. Floor Volleyball: volleyball game for the visually challenged
15. Nodojiman in Gunma —NHK’s singing contest
16. Young men at work in a daycare center
17. Tokyo on a shoestring: food, ryokan, souvenirs and sento
18. Onigiri boom–small shop in Jiyugaoka, Lawson convenience store and oshare restaurant in Aoyama
19. Ankonabe in Kitaibaraki (dobujiru)
20. Akihabara—from old radioshops to otaku specialty stores
21. Making Japanese sake
22. Aomori’s Tsugaru shamisen
23. Aomori’s jifubuki –ground blizzard
24. Hinamatsuri in Izu’s Inatori town
25. Tokyo Antique Boom
26. Takenoko—bamboo shoot search in the forest and cuisine
27. Pet Boom~ clothes, cakes, cookies for doggies
28. Edo Wazao, making traditional bamboo fishing rods and fishing with them
29. Studio Special as studio guest
30. Studio Specia as studio guest
31. Beigoma, report on the traditional spinning tops and interview Mr. Tsujii, the owner of the last beigoma factory in Japan
32. Edo Furin, glass wind-chimes
33. Wasabi picking in Shizuoka and making soba noodles
34. Manekineko factory in Aichi, Gotokuji manekineko temple in Tokyo and Samurai manekineko bar in Shinjuku
35. Kingyo sukui, goldfish catching in Asakusa’s festival and visit Japan’s number one goldfish center in Nara prefecture’s Yamatokoriyama city
36. Okami san and the beauty of Japanese hospitality; documenting a day in the life of Suzuki Yaeko san, the female manager of a beautiful ryokan called Uoshizu in Shizuoka
37. Summer Studio Special---studio guest
38. Summer Studio Special---studio guest
39. Comike: Japan’s largest manga exhibit and cosplay gathering in Tokyo’s Big Sight
40. Uchimizu (sprinkling water on the streets) and its cooling effects
41. Bosai kunren: disaster preparedness drills in Tokyo’s Yoyogi Park and in a kindergarten; how do Japanese prepare for earthquakes
42. Tatami making with Mr. Hiraiwa
43. Golf Driving Ranges are hip! Swing Himoya is one of Tokyo’s trendiest clubs; also introduce world’s top simulated golf software
44. Art trucks, called “ Deco-Tora”; Japan’s famed painted and illuminated trucks, interview drivers, Mr Miyazaki, the man the legendary Truck Yaro movies were based on and Mr. Sekiguchi, Japan’s top artist
45. Bamboo lantern and tea ceremony event in Nagano prefecture’s Takeshi village, at the Takeshi Tomoshibi (Tiny Light) Museum’s garden
46. Picking Kawagoe city’s famous sweet potato with kids from Tokyo’s Shinjuku Hanazono elementary school; interview baked sweet potato shop owners
47. Shushoku katsudo: Looking for a job! Interviews with students at Nippon Joshi Daigaku (Japan Women’s University) who are looking for a job; interviews in Isetan department store’s special business suit section and Watosa’s makeup artist, Ms. Kobayashi did my makeup for job interviews; JAL Academy’s General Manager, Ms. Kasai’s interview and her class on proper job interview behavior
48. Gaadoshita: businesses underneath the elevated railway in Yurakcho and in Maihama. Visit Komatsu and Tonton yakitorishops and Dream Gate Maihama hotel which is suspended under the railway.
49. Japanese traditional and contemporary work-wear, interviews with construction workers, Ms. Mannen, owner of Mannenya, the top work gear shop in Shinjuku and Mr. Isogai, a famous craftsman specializing in traditional handmade clothing and tabis
50. Akita prefecture’s Oga peninsula’s famous namahage festival at the Shinzan shrine;
51. Tsukemono making in Akita prefecture’s Ohmagari town with Sachiko Sasaki san
52. Suginami ward’s Anime Museum opened! Interview with Obake no kyutaro creator Mr. Suzuki and visit one of the ward’s 70 anime studios.
53. Randoseru, the Japanese schoolbag: visit Tsukishima daisan shougakko and Tsuchiya randoseru manufacturer
54. Studio special as studio guest
55. Studio special as studio guest
56. Zori: traditional Japanese footwear; make zori in a workshop and visit a kindergarten where both kids and teachers wear zori in order to improve their health
57. Mashiko pottery in Tochigi prefecture; visit semi-annual pottery fair and renowned potter, Mr. Sakuma’s workshop. See the works of Living National Treasure, Mr. Hamada, at the private collection of Mr. and Mrs. Yamamoto
58. Taketombo ( bamboo dragonfly) making in Katsushika ku with Takemura san and many kids , then flying them in the park. Also interview Katada san, a taketombo-flying master
59. Edo sashimono: visit Toshio Toda, a master craftsman and Yoshio Yaoita’s a store specializing in this type of furniture
60. Oyajibands---contest of top oyajibands in Shibuya’s Club Duo
61. Sumi—the wonders of Japanese charcoal and its various uses in the home
62. Nagoya’s famous yuinoh: bridal ceremonial gifts at Iwata yuinoh store
63. Dodgeball at Kita –ku’s Wakaba Elementary School
64. Tanada—Chiba prefecture’s lovely rice terraces are the only ones in Japan surviving on rainwater alone
65. Hachinoko in Nagano prefecture’s Ina city—hornet hunting with master hunter Ogiso Daikichi and his friends Mr. Matsumoto and Mr. Sakai and eating hachinoko( hornet larvae) cooked by Mrs. Ogiso
66. Kiku matsuri (chrysanthemum festival) in Fukushima prefecture
67. Kemari in Nagano prefecture: kemari is an ancient ballgame that is similar to today’s soccer
68. Jazz in Japan, visit Yokohama’s Jazz festival, and the oldest jazz kissa, Chigusa
69. Stationary Special: showcase the best of Japanese stationary, from the world’s thinnest ballpoint pen sold at Ginza’s Itoya to the famed Rittai keshigomu, erasers worth collecting!
70. Tako—the wonders of Japanese kites
71. Shichifukujin, visit the 7 shrines dedicated to each of the six gods and one goddess
72. Izu Oshima island’s camellia festival, camellia oil making at the Takada factory and silk dyeing at Ms. Kaneko’s workshop
73. Kokeshi dolls in Miyagi prefecture’s Naruko onsen town
74. Okinawa’s shisa, the lion-dogs guarding buildings and master craftsman Mr. Oshiro
75. Okinawan music, focusing on Koza city’s famous minyo singers and sanshin ( three-stringed shamisen) maker Mr. Teruya
76. Kyoto’s cuisine: famous yudofu restaurant of Tenryu-ji Zen Buddhist temple and gyosha tofu seller Takashi Iriyama
77. Studio Special as studio guest
78. Studio Special as studio guest
79. Koi-nobori master in Iwakura city, near Nagoya
80. Kanban—Japanese street signs
81. Yochien obento, kindergarten lunchboxes
82. Sansai picking in Nagano prefecture
83. Bonsai on Shikoku island’s Kagawa prefecture
84. Kanna planes, see how miyadaiku build a Buddhist temple using kanna and visit top kannamaker, Mr. Ito and Japan’s kanna champion, Mr. Amakasu
85. Hauta singer Ms. Suzue Akashi performs in Asakusa Engei Hall and teaches her deshis at home
86. Kakigouri, shaved ice at Tsukishima’s Summer festival and visit Saitama’s most famous kakigouri shop
87. Summer Studio Special
88. Summer Studio Special about Okinawa’s music
89. Hocho—the art of the Japanese knife, visit Nihonbashi’s famous blade specialist
90. Tosenkyou, a game in which fans are thrown and poems read, Mr. Jian and his group in the Yoyogi Olympic Center
91. Nagasaki Saruku city tour 2006
92. Nagasaki is the venue for the National Kendama Competition 2006
93. Kitsune matsuri, a fox festival in Niigata’s Takayanagi, in Kashiwazaki city
94. Hagoita craftsman Kogetsu Nishiyama
95. Geisha taiken in Ito city, on the Izu peninsula in Tokai-kan, where I learnt about ozashiki culture and the meaning of iki, sang dodoitsu and danced as a geisha
96. Mochi tsukuri, rice cake pounding on the Ishizaka Farm in Hino city, Saitama prefecture
97. Robocon 2006, a huge national robot contest in which 124 groups of students from 62 vocational schools compete with their robots. Finals are held in Ryogoku’s Kokugikan, the famous sumo stadium. We also visited Ibaraki prefecture’s Hitachinaka city’s Ibaraki National College of Technology.
98. Gateball in Tokyo, playing with genki 80 and 90 years-old people
99. Osaka City Tour in the Shinsekai, Yodobashi and Semba areas with professor Shinya Hashizume
100. Setsubun Oni-odori (demon dance) in Honjoji temple, Sanjo city, Niigata. Ten small temples surround magnificent Honjoji and in its main hall 10,000 people enjoy the Oni- odori (2.3.)
101. Shikoku, Kagawa prefecture, Konpira shrine
102. Studio Special as studio guest
103. Studio Special as studio guest
104. Shinkansen –taking photos of speeding shinkansen with 79 years-old Noguchi san, top train photographer
105. Huge taiko festival in Narita—over 500 taiko drummers play together in front of the temple
106. Tamago-kake gohan: rice, raw egg and soy sauce and the many ways this simple meal can be eaten; visit chicken farm and also Seibu department store
107. Monomane: genius animal mimic Koneko san
108. Toyama prefecture’s fresh spring water
109. Janja komainu: guard dogs at Shinto shrines
110. Studio Special as studio guest
111. Studio Special as studio guest

NHK TV, Nippon Art Walk, from 2007.8, all reports are in Japanese and English:
1. Maruyama Okyou’s work; travel with Prof. Yoshimura, an expert on Okyou’s paintings. Visit Kyoto’s art dealers and Daikokuji temple in Hyogo prefecture

NHK TV, Out and About, a 30 minute TV show, from 2007.8, all reports are in Japanese and English:
1. World Heritage Site, Shimane prefecture’s Iwami-Ginzan Silver Mine with our guide, former professional wrestler & K1 Executive Producer, Mr. Nobuaki Kakuda
2. Gifu prefecture’s Takayama Matsuri with our guide Matsuyama University Professor, Hiroyasu Sato
3. Tottori prefecture’s Yuru-chara Cup 2007 and Sakaiminato city’s Mizuki Shigeru Museum with its director, Yoji Umetani, as our guide, with whom we also enjoyed a delicious crab dinner
4. Nagano prefecture, Shinshu area, Tenryumura’s yubeshi and Kizawa festival with our guide, mix engineer, Goh Hotoda
5. Kyushu, Miyazaki prefecture’s Takachiho Shrine, Ama no Iwato Shrine and all-night Yokagura Dances with our guide Ayu Yano
6. Exploring Lake Biwa, Japan’s largest freshwater lake on many types of boats, fishing and cutting down reeds. Visit the Kaiyodo Figure Museum where Kaiyodo Founder, Mr. Miyawaki gave our guide, Goh Hotoda and me a grand tour.
7. Nagasaki’s famous kite fighting festival is held every April and participants spend days fighting with handmade kites, later on we relaxed under the cherry blossoms with lots of homemade delicacies. I also walked around Nagasaki city in search of unique inventions.
8. Yamagata prefecture’s meibutsu or famous products include sweet cherries and safflowers. I met pretty Miss Cherry who travels around Japan promoting the fruit, picked cherries at Shunji and Mitsuyo Ono’s farm that produces the sweetest Sato Nishiki type, talked to teachers and students at the wonderful Sagae Agricultural High School, rode the cute Nagai Flower Train and heard driver/ guide Asakura san’s funny introduction to the area. He saved the line by…you can read about him in my Japan Times column coming up soon! In front of the station was Nomura san’s traveling dagashiya, an old-style sweets shop where everything is around 30 yen but Nomura san lets kids throw darts and gives away the candy for free! He also displays his color pencil drawings of small train lines. He’s another guy I’d like to feature in Words to live by soon!

For Archipel 33 TV documentary "A la recherche du future anterieur" (English title: 'Future in the Past') directed by Radovan Tadic
Interviews in Japanese and English with
1. Professor Okonogi Keigo, the “Father of Japanese Psychoanalysis,” and professor at Keio and Tokyo International Universities
2. Nouvelle Kaiseki Ryori Chef Kenichiro Ooe (Park Hyatt Tokyo)
3. Doctor Tamaki Saito and his hikikomori patients (young people who refuse to leave their homes/rooms for years on end)
4. Teppanyaki Chef Murata Fujio at the Garden Restaurant in the Hotel New Otani (food prepared by the table on a large teppan by a masterchef –what does it all mean?)
5. Homeless in Shinjuku Park, how they live and where they come from
6. Shinkansen Designers, Mr. Tezeni Masamichi and Mr. Tetsuo Fukuda
7. Inochi No Denwa founder, Professor Yukio Saito (IND is Japan’s first and largest free telephone counseling line)
8. Osaka’s Bunraku puppet theater’s master puppet makers and puppeteers and their fantastic puppets

NHK Radio’s Fuerai Hiroba, in Japanese:
1. 2003. Summer : Guest to talk about my counseling activity in Ginza
2. 2003. 12. 9. Member of 3 women talk-battle, with Aera magazine editor, Nagatomo Sawako and writer Ieda Shoko. Topic: Japanese women’s expectations, marriage, divorce, work, etc
3. 2003. 12.26. Guest to discuss New Year celebrations and children’s lifestyle in Hungary

Frei Dosszie coordinator and interviewee:
2004.6.4. Daredemo Picasso TV show filming with Beat Takeshi, mangaka Shigeru Mizuki, and his Ge ge ge no Kitaro and Nezumi otoko characters, sculptor Kuma san, comedian Kohji Imada, actress Watanabe Marina, painter Hiroshi Aramata
2004.6.6. Ginza hokoten interview with me
2004.6.6. Evening of T-shirts Crazy night! with illustrator Radical Suzuki, filmmaker Minoru Kawasaki, kickboxer Toshiyuki “Shark” Kinami

Narration:
1. 2002. INCS
2. 2004. ANA

Interviews for articles:

1. concept-maker, designer Naoki Sakai
2. designer Naoto Fukasawa
3. mangaka Shirow Masamune ( creator of Ghost in the Shell)
4. writer, scholar Donald Keene 83
5. Bower and Wilkins’s International Marketing Manager,
Danny Haikin
6. KDDI au Product Design Director Yoshihiro Komuta and Assistant Manager Satoshi Sunahara
7. designer Shunji Yamanaka
8. mangaka Keiichi Makino
9. Tokyo University professor, linguist Kazuto Matsumura
10. thinker, writer Ichiya Nakamura
11. singer, player Mari Natsuki
12. artist and Post-pet creator Kazuhiko Hachiya, 39
13. Syn CEO, Nick Wood
14. TRON creator, Tokyo University professor Ken Sakamura
15. NY chef Daniel Boulud
16. British rock band King Prawn
17. Nihon Buyo dancer Nanatomo Aoi
18. Sado island’s taiko drummers Kodo
19. Decotora’s Eagle movie producer, Tamegoro Sudo and the director and actors, including Sho Aikawa
20. Asia University professor Shudo Higashinakano
21. professor Mineo Nakajima
22. Yoshida Kyoudai shamisen team
23. Takasagoya Pork Shop owners, Mr & Mrs Fujita, 65 & 65
24. illustrator Radical Suzuki
25. Peach John President, Mika Noguchi, 40
26. Gallerie Sho owner, Shoichiro Satake, 46
27. fitness trainer Reiko Ito, 46
28. actor Ken Watanabe, 46
29. design consultant Bob Sliwa, 50
30. opera singer, actress and TV personality Kumiko Mori, 46
31. NEC’s robot, PaPeRo and its creator, Yoshihiro Fujita
32. social worker Ritzie Kojima, 53
33. mama-san Hisayo Takano
34. accountant Nobuko Mitsumori, 37
35. mountain climber Ken Noguchi, 32
36. carpenters Masahiro and Katsutoshi Arai, 58 & 28
37. Love Piece Club owner, Minori Kitahara, 35
38. Honorary Chief Priest at Imamimya-Ebisu Shrine, Osaka, Takao Tsue, 80
39. leader of Shibuya Wakamono Circle, Gouki Kojima, 18
40. former typesetter, currently cleaning person, Toshie Kobayashi, 76
41. dermatologist Kae Wakita MD, 35
42. chef Yoshimasa Saito, 85
43. writer Ayako Sono, 75
44. shamisen player Suzue Akashi, 74
45. doctor & inventor of the Tsunoda Key Tapping Method and author of The Japanese Brain, Tadanobu Tsunoda, 79
46. journalist Yoshiko Sakurai, 60
47. cashier and Fukagawa Tokkuriza Theater actress Mariko Sakaida, 33
48. Biacore Director of Marketing, Setsuko Hashimoto, 52
49. CEO of Koo & Co. and Language School En, Kazuo Ohashi, 37
50. blind dancer Masatoshi Uchiumi, 64
51. Nakabo production controller and designer, Keiko Hisano, 25　　
52. Heizaburo Kawaguchi and wife, 84&81
53. choreographer Fumihito Tanaka, 38
54. former Japanese soldier Hiroo Onoda, 84
55. 2005 World Champion Arm Wrestler, Yoko Yamada, 27
56. kindergarten teacher Yoko Sagae, 57
57. animation director/ writer Mamoru Oshii, 56
58. hair and make-up artist Masahiro Murata, 35
59. Kagawa ken products’ PR man Takashi Yamada, 59
60. cancer detecting dog Marine, 5.5 and her partner, Yuji Sato,60
61. designer Naoki Sakai, 60
62. PR consultant Haruko Iino, 64
63. tattooist Horiyoshi III, 61
64. Meijijingu Shiseikan Dojo director, Minoru Inaba,64
65. jazzman Nobuo Hara, 80
66.Director of Radiology at St.Luke International Hospital, Hiroko Tsunoda-Shimizu, MD, 46
67. singer, actress Sumiko Sakamoto, 70
68. Ginza club Yuki owners, Shori and Kazumi Tanaka, 73 and 54
69. Live Coffee President Toru Otsuka, 67
70. K1 Executive Producer Nobuaki Kakuda, 46
71. fan designer and Komaruya owner Keiko Sumi, 57
72. hanko shop 4U Ginza owner Kazuhiko Hashiguchi,37
73. mix engineer Goh Hotoda, 47
74. pole dancer Gena
75. movie producer Tamegoro Sudo, 50
76. 109 baby Shoop sales staff Natsuki Maeda, 19
77. fashion designer Hanae Mori, 81
78. stylist Patricia Field, 65
79. window-washer Taka Nakayama, 26
80.children’s clothes maker Narumiya Int. President Yuzo Narumiya, 71
81. snack mama Hiroko Mito
82. Tokkotai survivor Hideo Suzuki, 85
83.Nagasaki voulunteer tour guide Yasujiro Tanaka,65
84. Ultraman creator Kazuho Mitsuta, 70
85. Kaiyodo Founder Osamu Miyawaki 80
86. singer Linda Yamamoto, 57
87. shoe designer Moe Enomoto, 28
88. cherry farmers Shunji and Mitsuyo Ono
89. professor Kunihiko Takeda, 65
90. “Harry Potter” translator and Japanese publisher Yuko Matsuoka Harris, 64


TV interviews in English and Japanese and manga for Morinoske Co. Ltd:
1. Former ohka pilot, Mr. Hideo Suzuki, 84
This 24 minute TV show is on display in Tokyo’s Yasukuni Shrine’s Yushukan Museum and also available online, free of charge, on morinoske.com The website also includes a 48-page manga based on Suzuki san's experiences so please check it out!