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Spring is when Japan House at the University of Illinois truly comes alive. In late March, the annual Sakura Watch begins, ...

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Allan West entered the room backgrounded by a calming painting of a flowering plum tree draped in snow. He was wearing his signature look: A Zen priest shirt, craftsman’s pants, a sleeveless jacket ...