As our long-time readers must have noticed, we have been running the Tokyo Faces series by Stephen Mansfield accompanied by Japanese translations, so that our Japanese readers too can enjoy the mysteries this city has in store for all of us. In addition to this regular feature, this month we also have introductions of several erotic photographers handpicked from the recent Pink Issue of Tokyo Journal — this time without Japanese, as the photos themselves speak more than a thousand kanji.

You can also enjoy two pages full of leisure and entertainment recommendations, a couple of CD reviews, a horrorscope that’s becoming famous for its unerring accuracy, our ever reliable manga, a nightlife review, a movie-of-the-month review, a wide variety of classifieds, and even a photo contest (p. 14) cleverly disguised as language exchange.

Irmgard Vonn