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On Letting Go of a Tree Branch in Japan

Posted on April 4, 2012 by E.

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 | 6 Comments

On the Ephemeral Nature of the Starbucks Sakura Latte

Posted on February 22, 2011 by E.

Maybe a Sakura Latte is not weird. It’s getting hard to tell. After months of figuring out Japanese culture, my go-to instinct is still bewilderment. Starbucks had primed me for the Sakura Latte since Feb. 10 with a small sign … Continue reading →