VIP guests and former Terminal Islanders greet 2011 with a toast at this weekend’s 40th annual New Year’s party last Saturday at The Centre at Sycamore Plaza in Lakewood. (MARIO G. REYES/Rafu Shimpo)
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By GEORGE YOSHINAGA
(First published in The Rafu Shimpo on August 31, 2010.)
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I guess I can call it another “first.”
As those who read my rambling know I was in Vegas this past weekend. However,...
I think anyone who has lived or visited Japan has had an experience of eating something which would be considered taboo in America. When I lived in Tokyo I tried basashi (horse sashimi) and kujira (whale)....