#43⛩️ Free Quiz & Our Best of 2024
Dear Readers,
Happy holidays, wherever you are!
This week we’re giving you a copy of our first quiz, plus we’ve also compiled a list of our five most popular stories of 2024.
Thank you for all the comments and responses this year, it’s been very gratifying!
Have a great New Year, and see you in 2025.
The Quiz
12 pictures that any Japanese person would recognize instantly — but do you?
A fun way to measure your knowledge of Japan and Japanese culture. Play with friends, enemies, alcohol, etc. Answers included :)
Best of 2024
The 5 stories readers enjoyed the most this year — we’ll refrain from judging you all based on this list…especially because we wrote the damn things!
⛩️ #28 Rogue Kyoto Cop's Murder Rampage
Masaharu Hirota was a sergeant in the Kyoto Police when he stole a colleague’s gun and robbed a post office — but that was just the beginning of a crime spree which left 2 people dead…
⛩️ #30 The Last Kamikaze
Aftermath of the kamikaze attack on the estate of Yoshio Kodama. Image: Mainichi Shimbun
⛩️ #33 A Hyper-Intelligent 17 Year Old Assassin
Otoha Yamaguchi croaks Inejirō Asanuma, chairman of the Japan Socialist Party, live on stage. Image: Yasushi Nagao
⛩️ #37 A Sea of Blood: Osama Bin Laden & Japan
The Mortuary Temple of Hatshepsut, Luxor, Egypt. Image: Ian Lloyd
Thanks again for your support this year,
The Kyote
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