Meanwhile, in Japan

About 1300 years ago there may or may not have lived a man named En no Gyoja. If he did live, he may have written a document entitled Sutra on the Unlimited Life of the Threefold Body. Assuming both of these to be true, En no Gyoja founded a system of spiritual and ascetic . . . → Read More: Have you ever seen Conan the Barbarian? It’s kind of like that.

“Do you find it hard to make friends here?”

One of my buddies and I were having dinner at an Indian/Nepalese restaurant when he decided to engage the staff in conversation. The manager, a gentleman of some experience in the world, answered the question thoroughly and fired back with his own.

“Which feels safer, Japan or . . . → Read More: Fear and Learning in Yamanashi

. . . → Read More: this is what happens at the Fujikiri festival