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The Neurotic’s Travel Guide to Kyoto, Part 2
You can read part one of the Neurotic’s Travel Guide to Kyoto here.
A Neurotic’s Travel Guide to Kyoto, Part 1
Kyoto is for lovers!
Posted in Shinto, Shrines, Temples and Ruins, Thinking, Travel, Zen
Tagged japan, Kyoto, travel
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On Writing About Rain in Japan
It’s tsuyu, rainy season, a designation determined by a group of experts without regard to actual rainfall. It rained once on the day after they had declared the end of rainy season, and that rain was designated non-rainy season rain. … Continue reading
On Always Having an Empty Train Seat Beside You in Japan
On a recent trip to the near-abandoned coal mining town of Tagawa, I took the wrong train three times, taking me into the true inaka – Japan’s rural backwater.
On Letting Go of a Tree Branch in Japan
There’s about 4,000 kids outside my apartment screaming about cherry blossoms.
Posted in Culture Shock, Homesickness, Thinking, Tradition, Zen
Tagged anxiety, cherry blossoms, haiku, japan, sakura, zen
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On Going to a Gay Bar in Japan
The night starts by asking a cab driver to take you to a school. It’s 11 p.m. and you have no business going to a school at 11 p.m. on a Saturday night, so the driver heads toward the school … Continue reading
Posted in Fun, Shinto, Tradition, Uncategorized, Zen
Tagged gay, homosexuality, japan, lesbian, sexuality
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This Japanese Life. 