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...views of the surrounding Tengger Caldera. Sunrise watchers should start out at 3 a.m. from the nearby town of Cemoro Lawang, and cross the Lautan Pasir - the sandy plain at the volcano's base. From here, a concrete staircase leads to the summit and (weather permitting) a spectacular dawn. Mount Fuji, Japan, 3,776 m "He who does not climb Mount Fuji once in his life is a fool; he who climbs it twice is also a fool," so a Japanese saying goes. But in fact it's not as difficult as the proverb would have you believe. If arriving...
Clearly, something is afoot beyond the usual disconnect between critical and popular consensus. Fans of Son of the Mask, for instance, did not think it necessary to mount a massive letter-writing campaign against its disparagers...
...foreign ideas-were hallmarks of the country's rapid economic progress and a source of national pride. But when the economic bubble burst in the early 1990s, Japan was gripped by a crisis of confidence, as if its success in the past loomed over its present travails like Mount Fuji. This crisis is centered in the commercial realm, but it is not confined there. Though the streets of Tokyo and other large cities are full of crowds so rich and stylish that you would never guess the nation had ever smelled a recession, Japan is beset by a host...
...Estimated height of a cloud of steam and ash ejected during last week's partial eruption of Mount St. Helens outside Longview, Washington...
...redundant enough, the semi-secret Sorrento Square social organization announced last week that they’ll be publishing a parody of Premiere magazine, which apparently still exists. The punchline? The Poonsters had to get permission. Please. Did Fred Gwynne need permission to throw a baby carriage down Mount Auburn Street? Did John Updike need permission to write witty realist novels? We think...