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Selfie At Hell Valley
There is, indeed, steam rising off the pond in the background of this selfie. It’s boiling water. People used to cook eggs here but Taipei City put up fences, both for preservation and to stop people ...
Same But Different
Everyone probably thinks that we’re on permanent vacation. Actually, we’re just living a normal life, except the scenery keeps changing. Much of what we do is very mundane … like getting a haircut, or getting our ...
The Zen of Soba
“There’s nothing equal to wearing clothes and eating food. Outside this there are neither Buddhas nor Patriarchs.” (Zenrin Kushû) During our last few days in Japan, our friend, Toshiko, said that she wanted to show us ...
There Are Cemeteries. And Then There Are Cemeteries…
… like the Père Lachaise in Paris where Jim Morrison is interred, the Jewish cemetery in Crakow, Westminster Abbey or the Komarovo in St Petersberg. Okunoin in Japan is one of those special places. Centuries old, ...