Interview with Janice Young, author of Sweet Daruma (a Japan satire).
Day 1 - Q1. Your book has an intriguing title. Can you tell us about it and how the idea came about?
Reply: I wanted the title to reflect the element that ties all the characters and the narrative together...READ ARTICLE

NHC Interactive Online Magazine Index
NHC online magazine inerviews each person for a week. 1 question each day for 7 days. You can see past interviews listed below. If the first day of the interview is on the 23rd of January, click on that day in this index and when you get to the magazine you will see a calendar on the right hand side. Click on the following 6 days dates to see each days interviews i.e. Jan 24th, 25th, 26th, 27th, 28th, and 29th.

January 2005
Interview with Janice Young, author of Sweet Daruma (a Japan satire).
Jan 23rd - Jan 24th - Jan 25th - Jan 26th - Jan 27th - Jan 28th - Jan 29th

Interview with Liane Wakabayashi, Writer, Intuitive Artist and Co-creator of the Genesis Cards.
Jan 30th - Jan 31st - Feb 1st - Feb 2nd - Feb 3rd - Feb 4th - Feb 5th

February 2005
Interview with Barbara Ferretti Matsuura Founder of the Integrated Healing Arts Centre, Tai Chi Teacher, Reiki Master and Belavi Facelift Massage Practitioner.
Feb 6th - Feb 7th - Feb 8th - Feb 9th - Feb 10th - Feb 11th - Feb 12th

Interview in Tokyo with Leza Lowitz, Writer, Yoga Teacher and Healer on her new book “100 Aspects of the Moon,” poetry and yoga.
Feb 13th - Feb 14th - Feb 15th - Feb 16th - Feb 17th - Feb 18th - Feb 19th

Interview: Tokyo based Hypnotist Erik Bragg explains what hypnosis is and isn’t. What it can do for you - and can’t do to you without you being in agreement!
Feb 20th - Feb 21st - Feb 22nd - Feb 23rd - Feb 24th - Feb 25th - Feb 26th

Interview: Educator/therapist David Howland on applying therapeutic techniques to education, the importance of the arts in our daily lives and how we can learn to understand expressing our creativity to balance physical, emotional and intellectual health.
Feb 27th - Feb 28th - Mar 1st - Mar 2nd - Mar 3rd - Mar 4th - Mar 5th

March 2005
Interview on Sri Eknath Eswaran’s method of meditation (he is the founder of the Blue Mountain Center of Meditation in California and author of many books) with his long time student Susan taken from his book entitled Meditation.
Mar 6th - Mar 7th - Mar 8th - Mar 9th - Mar 10th - Mar 11th - Mar 12th

Interview with Angela Jeffs (Japan Times Journalist) on her writing class “Drawing on the Writer Within”, the book she is working on at the moment and labyrinths.
Mar 13th - Mar 14th - Mar 15th - Mar 16th - Mar 17th - Mar 18th - Mar 19th

Interview with Tom Morris owner of Agape Ceramic School and Studio. If you want to join a pottery class in Tokyo or Yokohama, Japan he is the man to speak to!
Mar 20th - Mar 21st - Mar 22nd - Mar 23rd - Mar 24th - Mar 25th - Mar 26th

Interview with Eriyo Watanabe on her Arts and Wellness Center, Incense Ceremonies and Arts Therapy.
Mar 27th - Mar 28th - Mar 29th - Mar 30th - Mar 31st - Apr 1st - Apr 2nd

April 2005

Practical uses for aromatherapy oils. Interview with Sascha Hewitt owner on Natural Healing Center.
Apr 3rd - Apr 4th - Apr 5th - Apr 6th - Apr 7th - Apr 8th - Apr 9th

Interview with David Howenstein on JAMBO’s Tokyo hiking activities, environmental restoration projects and reconnecting with nature activities.
Apr 10th - Apr 11th - Apr 12th - Apr 13th - Apr 14th & Apr 15th - Apr 16th

Author Cheryl Chow, who spent many years living in Japan talks about what it was like to write her books on hypoglycemia and liver disorders while living in Boulder, New York, and Taipei. She gives us some insights on what it is like to leave Japan!
Apr 17th - Apr 18th - Apr 19th - Apr 20th - Apr 21st - Apr 22nd - Apr 23nd

Interview with French artist, photographer and documentary maker Nourit Masson Sekine. Nourit tells of her art and healing work using Chi Kung and Eastern Medicine and how they are used differently in France and Japan.
Apr 24th - Apr 25th - Apr 26th - Apr 27th - Apr 28th - Apr 29th - Apr 30th

Interview with Basia Lipska, artist and director of the International Yoga Center in Ogikubo, Tokyo on her new website showing her artwork to the world!