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■SPECTATOR vol.19■

Special Feature: “Pacific Northwest
Vol.1_Canada British Columbia & Alaska

Organic, backpacking, spirituality, sustainability… These are some of the keywords that we hear about these days. The Pacific Northwest is home to many people who have transformed these concepts into a new way of life. In this issue and the next, we will focus on the unique and comfortable lifestyles nurtured in this outstanding environment filled with greenery and water. The magazine is full of hints for building a free and comfortable lifestyle that will not be defeated by the recession!　For the first time in the magazine\\’s history (?!) Please look forward to this two-issue feature!

■Whole Pacific Northwest Life Catalog_The Pacific Northwest Way of Life Catalog.
Reporting by The Spectator editorial staff

■Canadian Rockies Alone_What did this well-known photographer and writer learn from his solo walking trip in the Rocky Mountains?
Text & Photographs by Masaaki Mita

kkk;Kayaking in the Sea of Ice_Travel writing by a popular American writer set on a glacier in Alaska
Text/Tim Cahill

■The Barnsterdam Experience_Can Vancouver be Canada\\’s Amsterdam?　Interview with Marc Emery, Editor-in-Chief of Cannabis Culture, and more

Other Contents

■Labour Trip Manual 2008_A travel manual advocating a “new form of travel” combining “short-term physical labor” and “trip
Text by Yumiko Miyako, illustrations by Inunko

■ Albert Hoffman, an important figure of the century_What did the great scientist, known as the discoverer of LSD and the architect of psychedelic culture, leave behind in this world?
Text/Michael McAteer

■MIAMI GOES BOOM! _A look back at the history of urban music, from its birth to its rise and fall, as it has influenced the world of dance and pop music from various perspectives.
Text by Agatha Wara, Hiroshi EBKAITSU, PMFKA

■10 YEARS OF TIBET_”Ten Years in Tibet” recorded by the camera of a photographer who spent 10 years in China
Photo／Yuri Adachi

and more…

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