It should have been a yes or no question. Continue reading
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On Hunting Whales in Japan
The whaling controversy ignites more bad press and international disagreement than almost any contemporary political issue in Japan. If it sometimes seems like Japan is staking far too much on an industry that no one wants for a food nobody eats, that may be less to do with an irrational hatred for enormous aquatic mammals and more about resentment over how the ban was implemented: Whatever your stance on whaling, it’s easy to why Japan feels kind of swindled. Continue reading
On Festivals in Japan
If you really want to express your feelings, it helps to carry a one-ton shrine around the city at 5 in the morning while having cold water poured on your back. Continue reading
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BRB Sri Lanka
There is an old story in Japanese Buddhist legends, said to come from India. Continue reading
On Eating Foreign Sushi in Japan
I turned on the TV in a Thai hostel last year, and compared international news broadcasts. Fox and MSNBC were covering the shootings in Colorado; Al Jazeera was reporting on what nations could buy with the tax revenue they lost to Swiss Bank Accounts. The BBC veered between both; NHK, the Japanese broadcaster, had an hour long television program about Sushi being eaten in Norway. Continue reading
On Praying to a Fox in Japan
Nobody in Japan seems to know anything about Shinto. Continue reading
