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Cynthia Gralla

Cynthia Gralla is a Ph.D. student in comparative literature at the University of California at Berkeley. She spent about six months working as a hostess during visits to Japan in 1999 and 2000.

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Diary of a Tokyo hostess

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Illusory passions

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Flirting with danger

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Special arrangements

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Believing in fairy tales

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Fictional devotion

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Starting at the bottom

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Sake, tea or me?

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