{"product_id":"tempura-issue-23","title":"Tempura Issue 23","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eA French magazine, about Japan. Food, crafts and culture. Bilingual French and English language.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"In this issue:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA different side of Japan begins where the cities end.\u2028In this new issue of Tempura, we follow the trails, forests and mountain paths that reveal another face of the archipelago.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eJapan is often imagined as a land of ultra-dense cities and perfectly raked Zen gardens. Yet beyond the concrete and neon lies another archipelago: little-known hiking trails, mountain lodges perched high above the valleys, rice fields and bamboo forests stretching as far as the eye can see. For this new issue, we laced up our hiking boots and left the paved roads behind to explore a Japan that remains largely overlooked, while reflecting on another way of relating to nature and the living world.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eJoin us for a breath of fresh air across the Japanese archipelago!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"880\" data-start=\"858\"\u003eIn this issue:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"998\" data-start=\"882\"\u003eIn Chamonix, we investigate a little-known chapter in mountaineering history: the Japanese mountaineers whose passion for the Alps, and for the people who live there, left lasting traces.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"2410\" data-start=\"2296\"\u003eWe pitch our tent in Japanese-style campgrounds, where heated low tables coexist with meticulously engineered high-tech barbecues.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eWildlife photographer Manabu Miyazaki has spent decades observing animals in the forests. We meet a man who has chosen patience, solitude and a life close to the wild.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003ePhilosopher Augustin Berque helps us understand the Japanese relationship to landscape, one shaped as much by contemplation as by harmony.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eWe take you along an epic 210-kilometre trail through Shizuoka, where nature and culture intertwine at every step.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"2410\" data-start=\"2296\"\u003eAnd as more Japanese women take up fishing, hiking and camping, outdoor activities are becoming a subtle form of resistance to traditional expectations and the weight of patriarchy.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"2410\" data-start=\"2296\"\u003eAnd also:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"2410\" data-start=\"2296\"\u003eOur long-form investigation immerses readers in the Kurdish communities of Tokyo’s suburbs, caught between cultural heritage and an ongoing struggle for recognition.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"2410\" data-start=\"2296\"\u003eJournalist Johann Fleuri recounts how she unexpectedly became vegan in the land of tonkatsu and ramen.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eWriter Ryoko Sekiguchi reflects on chefs without borders who constantly reinvent culinary traditions.\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eCult author Jake Adelstein explores the Japanese relationship with pets, and what it reveals about society.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eIn the mountains of Nasu, we spend the night in a remote refuge lit by oil lamps, run by the same family for five generations.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"2442\" data-start=\"2412\"\u003eAnd plenty more surprises.\"\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Tempura","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56932684956026,"sku":null,"price":21.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0003\/6778\/8068\/files\/5F90ED2C-949D-45FE-93C3-3DA24816F2BE.jpg?v=1780067745","url":"https:\/\/raremags.co.uk\/products\/tempura-issue-23","provider":"Rare Mags","version":"1.0","type":"link"}