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• Experiencing Ueno
  Finding Hatchbori Disovering Kyoto Day 7: April 4, 2012 Wednesday Melodrama aside, I was actually sad leaving Kyoto…and exhausted. As we neared Tokyo, we caught sight of Mt. Fuji…separated by a glass on a moving bullet train! The train pulled into Tokyo Station at 5pm. Back on familiar ground. We were back on familiar ground. [...]
• Discovering Kyoto
  FINDING HATCHOBORI Day 5: April 2, 2012 Monday The next morning, after breakfast, we leisurely packed up (after the clueless hotel clerk told us getting to Tokyo Station on the Keiyo Line takes less than 10 minutes) and strolled to the train station. We barely made the bullet train, Shinkansen Hikari 新幹線 ひかり (ran by [...]
• Finding Hatchobori
  Day 1: March 29, 2012 Thursday Our journey began from JFK and took us into the Land of the Rising Sun some 13-back-breaking-hours later. At the airport, I could have sworn I saw Ninomiya-kun of Japanese boy band Arashi, and is known (to American audiences) for his portrayal as Private Saigo in the 2006 Letters [...]
• This is not Goodbye…
  As you left the other day, I wanted to call out to you. But no words came out. Instead, tears just started flowing. Even the boisterous Dusty sat by my side, confused by the salt he tasted on my face. I reached for the phone, but I realize that talking to you will make things [...]
• Black Water Dragon 2012
  As more than a billion Chinese usher in the new lunar year, the 4,710th of the Chinese calendar, to many, this year is a very special year. The year of the mystical dragon. This year, many Chinese families will try to add to their brood by producing a little baby dragon…God willing. Like years before, [...]