Sayo

Standing on the observatory deck in Sayo, many of the guests wanted to see where the Sazanka team had pointed their instruments the nights before.

First Contact Marc Kaufman 2011

The day before, Narusawa had explained with evident emotion that the observation would be named “Sazanka,” after a light purple shrub flower that comes out in the fall, the rainy season around the observatory in Sayo.

First Contact Marc Kaufman 2011

The day before, Narusawa had explained with evident emotion that the observation would be named “Sazanka,” after a light purple shrub flower that comes out in the fall, the rainy season around the observatory in Sayo.

First Contact Marc Kaufman 2011

Standing on the observatory deck in Sayo, many of the guests wanted to see where the Sazanka team had pointed their instruments the nights before.

First Contact Marc Kaufman 2011

Nishi-Harima is on a mountaintop, or perhaps more accurately a hilltop, outside the town of Sayo and quite far from the major cities of Japan.

First Contact Marc Kaufman 2011

Nishi-Harima is on a mountaintop, or perhaps more accurately a hilltop, outside the town of Sayo and quite far from the major cities of Japan.

First Contact Marc Kaufman 2011

Getty Images Farmers last month harvested rice in Sayo city, Hyogo prefecture.

Japan Seeks New Rice Source Juro Osawa 2011

Even when he was with Sayo, holding her hand as they walked through an open-air market or smelling her skin as she lay next to him on the futon in his bedroom, his mind was spinning through the tiny differences between them — a Japanese beauty and a gaijin — searching for cultural clues that might lead to arbitrage opportunities.

Ugly Americans Mezrich, Ben, 1969- 2004

The waitress handed Malcolm a pair of champagne flutes, and he toasted Sayo.

Ugly Americans Mezrich, Ben, 1969- 2004

He had only met her father a few times, when he had come to pick up Sayo.

Ugly Americans Mezrich, Ben, 1969- 2004