Buddha has shown up in temples, picture frames, rocks, and on mountains quite a lot in my travels around the Far East. His eyes are usually shut and he looks like he might be sleeping; he seems like a pretty chilled out dude to be honest. I think it’s pretty clear that I’m not a Buddhist [...]
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Yasukuni Shrine, located in the centre of Tokyo is undeniably beautiful and rather serene, at least from the outside. Why then, does this place of quiet worship enrage so many in northeast Asia whenever Japanese dignitaries visit the shrine? What is it about Yasukuni that causes South Korea to cancel its foreign minister’s trip to [...]
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The neon madness of Tokyo, Seoul and Hong Kong, where I’d spend much of the last decade, were miles and miles behind. Geographically, I was closer to home than I’d been in years. Culturally I was so far away…
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