In this issue
Halloween Survival Hints ...... Headers
Blue Forest Blues .. . Inside Cover
Letter to the editors (tim) .. .. .. .. 2
Sansha Taisai (Erik) . 2
AAJET Ken Notes . . ... 3
Route to the Shichinohe Festival (Ankita) .. .. 12
Halloween American History .. 15
Yakuza: Past & Present (Part One) .. . 17
The Raven .. .. 21
The End of The Raven .. . 23
"If you could immerse yourself " .. . 24
A ride with a vampire .. ... . 25
Hopping on one foot (Mitch) . . 27
Search for wabi-sabi (Lou) . ... 31
Ringo Lingo: useful Tsugaru-ben .. .. . 32
Ask the Students: This Month's Topic ... 36
Ask the Students: "My ALT" .. .. 37
Halloween Teaching ideas .. . .... . 39
New Crown (Andrea) . 43
School camp (jo) ... . 44
Lesson 2 .. . 46
Kurt Vonnegut Address . . . 47
Cruel to be kind: offensive driving in a polite culture .. . 48
The net at a glance (web review by stuart) 49
Helga's hilarious humdingers (anonymous) .. . 50
Postcards from the edge (walker) .. ... .. 51
Cultural differences .. 52
Halloween recipes . ... 54
Office Daze . . .. 56
ZNL (ZNL) . ... 57
Tidbits .. .. 58
The CHLOROFILE: Tim Morey .. ... ... 59
October Calendar .. Inside Back Cover