It is that time of year again, when every corner of the city looks gorgeous; when the large, famous parks draw the…
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What is the correct response when a student offers you potentially radioactive peach sponge cake? Despite warnings of an 80% drop in…
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The last of the cherry blossom. On the tree, it turns ever more perfect. And when it’s perfect, it falls. And then…
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Hanami season has arrived, stirring feelings of joy at the onset of spring and the start of a new financial and academic…
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Sitting waiting for something that never shows up. It is a way to learn patience, I am sure that the Zen masters…
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A short extract of a post about Peace Boat in Tohoku that features in my book about the Great East Japan Earthquake,…
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A post about life a week later, written after the Great East Japan Earthquake, taken from my book The Teas That Bind:…
