\u25a0SPECTATOR vol.23\u25a0<\/p>\n
First Feature: WILD WILD EAST! TAIWAN
\nQuiet Adventure Taiwan Bicycle Travel<\/p>\n
If you think that Taiwanese cuisine and massages are the only highlights of Taiwan, you are mistaken. Surrounded by oceans, mountains, and forests, Taiwan is a treasure trove of nature, a primitive culture, and a spiritual worldview, all of which are hidden in the unknown. This comprehensive feature explores the natural charms of this “beautiful island” that is historically close to us, but in fact is not well known.<\/p>\n
Text by Franco and Yuka Aoki, Spectator editors
\nIllustrations by Akihiro Soma (Concorde Graphics)<\/p>\n
Second Special Feature: Reconsidering, How to Live without a Job, Season 2<\/p>\n
A sequel to the feature in the previous issue, which was very popular. We interviewed four workers who continue to work down-to-earth to build the “places” and “communities” they need.
\nGen Nagashima (Cinema Amigo), Norio Kanzawa (Tojiba), JOTARO YOSHIDA (Locus Gear), Yasushi Manaka (SHOKU-YABO) (titles omitted)<\/p>\n
…Other Contents<\/p>\n
\u25a0 Food Literacy “Seedless<\/p>\n
Interview with Isao Noguchi (Noguchi no Seed, Noguchi Seed Corporation)
\nDid you know that many of the vegetables we eat are the result of mass-production techniques known as F1 (F1)?\u3000The truth about food that you need to know in order not to become a victim of runaway science or the strategies of major corporations.
\nReporting and illustrations by David Duval-Smith
\nComposition and text by Mie Yun<\/p>\n
\u25a0 CMWC2010 GUATEMARA 2 Wheels Age Go for The World<\/p>\n
Bike messengers from all over the world gathered in Guatemala, Central America, to participate in CMWC2010, a bike messenger event. This is a reportage on the “certain consciousness” that sprouts in their hearts as they ride through the times.
\nText by Maya Fushimi, Photos by xray sexysushi<\/p>\n
\u25a0 Testimony Composition: The Age of “COM”: Recollections of a Manga Magazine, 1967-1973 Part 4
\nCOM” was a legendary manga magazine that Osamu Tezuka continued to publish and produced many manga artists. Rare testimonies about the later lives of four groups of cartoonists who debuted through its “Gura\u30fbKon” contribution corner.
\nGanke Ommu, Agatsuma Hideo, Fukushima Masami, Suzuki Fishio, and Aoyagi Yusuke<\/p>\n
\u25a0 In Search of the Spirit 3rd (final) in a series
\nAn experimental series of interviews in which we attempt to contact the spirits through dialogues with spiritual masters. Conversation with Keiichi Ueno, acupuncturist, translator, and author.
\nText by Yimasa Sekiguchi, Illustrations by Akihiro Soma (Concorde Graphics)<\/p>\n
\u25a0 Apocalypse \\\\’60s Kenji Kanasaka, Lucifer of the Underground, 4th in a series
\nA series of reportage on the man who ran through the turbulent 60s as an underground guru, filmmaker, photographer, and “ecstatic revolutionary” agitator.
\nText by Natsune Kitazawa<\/p>\n
\u25a0 SMALL TALK OF THE TOWN (column page)
\nText by Kenichi Kato, ANANYA, Harpo, Daisaburo Sakamoto, Ryosuke Akashi, Makoto Moriyama, Kojiro Kato, Minoru Yamada, Ai Iwane, Yoshiaki Koshikawa, Takuo Asano, tintin<\/p>\n
and more…<\/p>\n
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