Monthly Archives: March 2013

BRB Sri Lanka

Posted on March 27, 2013 by Eryk Salvaggio

There is an old story in Japanese Buddhist legends, said to come from India.

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On Eating Foreign Sushi in Japan

Posted on March 20, 2013 by Eryk Salvaggio

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 … Continue reading →

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On Praying to a Fox in Japan

Posted on March 13, 2013 by Eryk Salvaggio

Nobody in Japan seems to know anything about Shinto.

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On Having No Comment in Japan

Posted on March 6, 2013 by Eryk Salvaggio

In July of 1945 the United States prepared to test the first atomic bomb in a dusty corner of New Mexico.

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