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Attractions Forrest Maynock Okayama Student Life

Okayama “Watering Holes” – A Bars Review

Okayama has a wide variety of bars and eateries ready to be explored. In this article, Forrest gives a glimpse into three different establishments where one could find good food, drinks, and friends. 

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Creative Writing International Nguyen Manh Quoc Trung Travel

The Town of Childhood – An Ethnographic Vignette

An ethnographic vignette about a seemingly-forgotten corner of the street in Hanoi, Vietnam, where the train track cuts in half both the physical houses and the lives of its citizens.

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Attractions Justine Villena Okayama Okayama University Travel

The Journey Begins! Fresh Impressions of Japan and Okayama

Justine Villena, one of our writers in the Polyphony, recalls some of his first experiences and memories in Okayama and in Japan – a land that used to be “unknown territory” for him.

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Creative Writing Japan Nguyen Manh Quoc Trung Okayama

It All Started With The Boiling Of The Great Pots…

A short story about Ramen, making Ramen, enjoying Ramen, and above all the love for food

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International Pandita Suthamporn Travel

Bangkok Through My Eyes

Bangkok, the city of parallels. In Thailand’s capital, we can find a seemingly busy metropolitan area full of skyscrapers adjacent to small shops along the alley and construction workers stained with mud. How can they coexist?