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My summer vacation took me to three states in the course of one whirlwind week in August. First stop was San Francisco, a city I visited for the first time last summer and am now quite taken with. In one … Continue reading
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This is me in Gyeongbokgung Palace, Seoul, in 2004… …and this is me in almost the same spot, in 2008… …and here I am again, on my last trip in 2011: Over the course of seven years, this part of … Continue reading
This is Japan, in early May: And this is also Japan, in late April: This may be hitting the point a little over the head, but it’s worth making: the earthquake, tsunami, and accompanying nuclear crisis are all really big … Continue reading
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I took a short ferry ride to Nokonoshima Island from Fukuoka after visiting the shrines. I didn’t quite know what to expect–my friend mentioned flowers–so when I stepped through the gates and saw a huge garden of carefully manicured fields … Continue reading
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Fukuoka has a number of impressive Shinto shrines; I made it to three separate sites over two days. They’re like nothing I’ve ever seen before–slightly similar but very different from Korean architectural styles. I’ll let the pictures speak for themselves. … Continue reading
