Maigo in Hyogo: May ’11
ANSWER: The Takarazuka Grand Theatre

Where in Hyogo can you have such sweet back-of-house seats?
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For past issues of Maigo in Hyogo, click here
ANSWER: The Takarazuka Grand Theatre

Where in Hyogo can you have such sweet back-of-house seats?
Leave your answer in the comment box below…
For past issues of Maigo in Hyogo, click here
Where’s this?
These hills are alive with a million flowers…
I am tired of steamed white rice. Are you? Then check this out. Some say risotto requires special Arborio rice from Italy to make properly. I denounce those people. I have made risotto with Japanese rice and been amply satisfied. I have made it with Basmati rice, and been satisfied. Recently, I’ve been making it…
Perhaps not exactly within Hyogo, this month’s bonus Maigo begs the question: where can you pay final respects to these dearly departed pirates?
The scratchy yodeling of a rooster stirs me from my slumber on the tatami. Reluctantly I roll over to look at my watch. 3:15 am. Nowhere close to sunrise. My idyllic visions of humble farm life are slowly being whisked away by the winds that sculpt the land of northern Japan…
“七転ã³å…«èµ·ã†ãªãªã“ã‚ã³ã‚„ãŠã†The expression roughly translates to: 7 times fall down, 8th time get back up, and it is a famous saying in Japan associated with the father of Zen Buddhism; called Daruma, the first monk from India to have brought the sect to China and Japan is otherwise known as Dharma. Daruma is my…