Category: Body & Soul  

Birth Control
Body & Soul

A doula can help with labor pains

Apr 3, 2012 | No Comments | 1,574 views
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Getting Zesty
Body & Soul

Beat the flu—do the yuzu

Feb 16, 2012 | No Comments | 1,396 views
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Winter blossoms
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Companies press Japan’s native camellia flowers for age old—and ageless—beauty

Dec 3, 2011 | No Comments | 1,291 views
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Forever Pink
Body & Soul

Fighting the number-one killer cancer in Japan

Oct 18, 2011 | No Comments | 938 views
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A Ropy Pastime
Body & Soul

Kimbaku artist Kinoko Hajime creates special bonds

Aug 25, 2011 | One Comment | 3,373 views
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Voluntary Psychologists of Chile
Body & Soul

A post-earthquake and tsunami NGO in Chile is reaching out to Japanese counterparts

Aug 4, 2011 | No Comments | 1,138 views
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Living in Synergy
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Find your balance at this multifaceted health club

Jul 28, 2011 | No Comments | 1,578 views
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Fashion Blows
Body & Soul

Japan’s balloon twisting culture is rising fast

Jun 16, 2011 | One Comment | 2,508 views
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A Year in Kimono
Body & Soul

One Canadian woman’s ambitious challenge

Jun 2, 2011 | No Comments | 2,513 views
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Brush up Your Style
Body & Soul

Keeping up with Japanese metrosexual manes… Howard Regner of Gold Salon gives you the highlights

May 19, 2011 | No Comments | 2,092 views
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Threads of Salvation
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Tokyo’s tailors lend a helping hand

Apr 13, 2011 | One Comment | 3,827 views
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Wishing wells
Body & Soul

Tokyo’s “power spot” boom attracts legions of ladies—and commercial opportunism

Mar 31, 2011 | No Comments | 2,406 views
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Step Into These
Body & Soul

Global shoe brands give the Japanese market what it wants

Mar 17, 2011 | No Comments | 1,092 views
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Bottega Tokyo
Body & Soul

An interior design duo injects some soul into expat homes

Mar 3, 2011 | No Comments | 2,519 views
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Only in Japan
Body & Soul

Global brands give something special to their most loyal fans

Feb 17, 2011 | No Comments | 1,818 views
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Yama Girls
Body & Soul

Fashionable women take to the hills

Jan 20, 2011 | No Comments | 2,859 views
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Kansha
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Elizabeth Andoh’s new cookbook teaches to appreciate what you eat

Jan 6, 2011 | No Comments | 1,925 views
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Oiran Style
Body & Soul

Not your grandmother’s kimono

Dec 16, 2010 | No Comments | 3,126 views
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21st Century Boy
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Tokyo salon owners sound off on the current state of male style

Nov 25, 2010 | No Comments | 2,351 views
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Japan Fashion Week
Body & Soul

The industry showcase undergoes a facelift

Nov 11, 2010 | No Comments | 2,420 views
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Tao Yoga
Body & Soul

2,500 years in the making: an ancient practice finds new relevance in modern society

Oct 28, 2010 | No Comments | 1,833 views
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Fall into Style
Body & Soul

Tokyo is finally cooling down, and the city’s best-dressed are opening up their autumn wardrobes

Oct 14, 2010 | No Comments | 2,431 views
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BooFooWoo
Body & Soul

Meet the Pied Piper of children's fashion

Sep 30, 2010 | No Comments | 2,234 views
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Style Sheets
Body & Soul

A guide to the world of Japanese fashion magazines

Sep 16, 2010 | No Comments | 1,861 views
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Zazen
Body & Soul

There’s never been a better time to try a spot of meditation

Sep 2, 2010 | No Comments | 2,639 views
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Wafrica
Body & Soul

Designer Serge Mouangue is reinventing the kimono

Aug 19, 2010 | No Comments | 3,134 views
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Awa Kamogawa
Body & Soul

Metropolis explores one of Chiba’s new surfing hotspots

Jul 29, 2010 | No Comments | 3,194 views
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Summer T’s
Body & Soul

Metropolis hits the streets to see how fashionable Tokyoites are keeping cool

Jul 15, 2010 | No Comments | 1,552 views
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Steph Davis
Body & Soul

The free-climber heads to Tokyo to talk about conquering fear

Jul 1, 2010 | No Comments | 2,029 views
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Permanent Vacation
Body & Soul

Japan’s trendsetters bring the holiday look back home

Jun 17, 2010 | No Comments | 1,226 views
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Birthing Made Easy
Body & Soul

Local experts help foreign women take the pain out of labor

Jun 3, 2010 | No Comments | 2,141 views
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Style on Trial
Body & Soul

Young Tokyoites sound off about girl-boy fashion taboos

May 20, 2010 | No Comments | 2,522 views
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Minakami 2.0
Body & Soul

How thrill-seekers gave an onsen town a new lease of life

May 6, 2010 | No Comments | 2,554 views
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The Organic Way
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A new Tokyo beauty salon asks: why stop with what you eat?

Apr 8, 2010 | No Comments | 3,170 views
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Spring Into Style
Body & Soul

Fashionistas tell Metropolis what's in This Season

Mar 25, 2010 | No Comments | 1,930 views
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Vipassana
Body & Soul

Could ten days of silence be the ticket to enlightenment?

Mar 11, 2010 | No Comments | 2,852 views
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Taito Designers Village
Body & Soul

Young creators rule the school in Tokyo’s shitamachi

Feb 25, 2010 | No Comments | 2,296 views
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Winter Warmers
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Stay toasty without cranking the heater up

Feb 11, 2010 | No Comments | 1,484 views
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Skater’s Style
Body & Soul

Tokyo boarders ride in fashion

Jan 28, 2010 | No Comments | 1,777 views
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2010 Pick-Me-Ups
Body & Soul

Experts offer their tips on making the most of the coming year

Jan 14, 2010 | No Comments | 1,856 views
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Bargain Season
Body & Soul

Insiders offer tips on this winter’s best sales, must-haves and fukubukuro

Dec 24, 2009 | No Comments | 1,631 views
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Hitting the Mat
Body & Soul

Injured athletes get jumpstarted by an innovative new therapy

Dec 10, 2009 | No Comments | 1,393 views
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Jazzkatze
Body & Soul

Designer Ayumi Sufu is the child of a cultural melting pot

Nov 26, 2009 | No Comments | 2,201 views
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Systema
Body & Soul

Breathing is the engine of this Russian martial art

Nov 12, 2009 | One Comment | 4,315 views
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Inside Job
Body & Soul

Three foreigners find their place within the Japanese fashion industry

Oct 29, 2009 | One Comment | 3,604 views
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Mariko Takeda
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Chin up, shoulders back: Metropolis books a date with one of Tokyo’s top posture gurus

Oct 15, 2009 | One Comment | 2,252 views
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’80s Revival
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The decade they tried to forget is back—and back in style

Oct 1, 2009 | One Comment | 4,552 views
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Teko Cave
Body & Soul

Novice climbers get to grips with the sport at this Brazilian-run gym

Sep 17, 2009 | No Comments | 2,533 views
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Confessions of a Recessionista
Body & Soul

Tokyo's trendsetters are finding new ways to save on style

Sep 3, 2009 | 3 Comments | 7,402 views
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Bungy Japan
Body & Soul

Take the plunge in Gunma

Aug 26, 2009 | No Comments | 2,083 views
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