In this issue…
Halloween Survival Hints……………………………………………………………...... Headers
Blue Forest Blues………………………..………………………………….………… Inside Cover
From the Editors ……………………………………...…………………………………………….…... 1
Letter to the editors (tim) ……..……………………………..………………..………………….. 2
Sansha Taisai (Erik)……………………………………………………………………………………. 2
AAJET Ken Notes……………………….…………………………………….……………………...… 3
What’s Happening…………………………………………………………………………..………...… 4
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