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Returning to Japan after 30 years for the Rugby World Cup
Frank McNally recalls lavish 1988 trip as he prepares to report on this year’s tournament
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Bones of convention – Frank McNally on a dying Japanese custom
Ritual of Senkotsu requires the family to reassemble, disinter the body, and wash the bones
Tramore garden honours Lafcadio Hearn’s boyhood summers
Japanese garden in Co Waterford opens as memorial to 19th-century Japanophile
How Patrick Lafcadio Hearn travelled around the world for 150 years, before making his mark in Waterford
Patrick Lafcadio Hearn, who is perhaps better known in Japan than the country he was born in, is finally getting the recognition he deserves thanks to Tramore’s new memorial gardens
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