Category Archives: Temples and Ruins

The Neurotic’s Travel Guide to Kyoto, Part 2

Posted on October 18, 2012 by E.

You can read part one of the Neurotic’s Travel Guide to Kyoto here.

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A Neurotic’s Travel Guide to Kyoto, Part 1

Posted on October 17, 2012 by E.

Kyoto is for lovers!

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On Lenin’s Feet and the Taxi-Driving Buddha

Posted on October 5, 2011 by E.

If you visit Kyoto, you may stumble into a small home next door to a shrine and, as you’re looking for the shrine entrance, a woman may ask you for 500 yen and assure you that there is English being … Continue reading →

Posted in language, Shrines, Temples and Ruins, Thinking, Uncategorized, Zen | Tagged buddhism, japan, Kyoto, Lenin | 2 Comments

On Japanese Funerals

Posted on March 28, 2011 by E.

My first conversation about the earthquake was a week and three days after it struck. In the office, we talked about the peripheries of disaster: Blood donations, fundraisers, TV coverage. We didn’t talk about victims. When the media focused on … Continue reading →