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education shrinks or shrines?
education shrinks or shrines? Shrinks or Shrines? A 24-year old Japanese girl frantically enters a shrine and consults with a Shinto Priest about her decision to leave her boyfriend and move out on her own. She is here to ask for advice on the move. As her boyfriend cheated on her, the Priest agrees with […]
Traveling Korea Heart and Seoul
Traveling Korea Heart and Seoul HEART AND SEOUL Add a little spice to your life with a trip to South Korea– by Michael Curren Looking for a getaway? Need to add a little flavor in your life without spending half of your vacation and budget on an airplane? In approximately 2 hours from the […]
can of worms – how silk makes the man 2
Whitehead puts all of us consumers to shame by being involved in every aspect of the Herculean task of production. Not only does he raise the silkworms, but he also reels cocoons into thread which he then weaves into silk, and dyes with natural indigo dye that he himself grows. There are no Japanese […]
japan on ¥425 a day – part II of the odyssee4
I spend most of my journey to Sapporo in a gomi truck. Gomi-man is gruff, aggressive mumbler. After three attempts to comprehend his name I give up. Surely, Gomi-man has several cars on cinder blocks in front of his decrepit trailer. He smokes Hi Lites. Actually, he smokes my cigarettes and offers nothing. I […]
japan on ¥425 a day – part II of the odyssee3
The woman manning the counter at the Tokyo Tourist Information Center had boasted, “Hokkaido is a hitchhiker’s paradise!” It wasn’t the kind of information I expected from the office, but she was more than right. Hell, you don’t even need to hitch. I was merely confused, scanning a city map of Hakodate when a […]
japan on ¥425 a day – part II of the odyssee2
Day two of the journey has a liberating feel. No longer intent to teach for salary, I now subtly imply for a helping hand. A typical spiel: “In two years of teaching English I spent all but a couple of weeks in Tokyo. So now, since it’s the MOST EXPENSIVE country on earth, […]