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Tanegashima Island: A strategic casualty
The day we flew out of the โcosmoportโ of Tanegashima, a remote island (ritล) off the southern coast of Kyushu, was actually historically significant. Not because of my presence of course.
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“Truly Asia” Pt 2: Melaka
Read Part 1 “Kuala Lumpur” here โ It took about two and a half hours to reach Melaka from the busy bus depot in southern Kuala Lumpur. We had loaded up on snacks and sandwiches for our lunchtime departure, just liking…
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“Truly Asia” Pt 1: Kuala Lumpur
PREFACE: this is a whirlwind post meant to give you the tiniest sliver of context for the accompanying photos which I hope you have a spin through. They are at the bottom of the post. Back in about 2018 my wife…
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Japan doubles its islands
A couple years ago, after moving to Ikijima, I introduced you all to the idea of ritล, or โremote islandโ. Being a โstratovolcanic archipelagoโ Japan has a lot more islands than you can likely name. In fact, there are 6,852 at…
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1 year an Upฤsaka
Halfway through last year I described my year-long commitment as a lay devotee of Buddhism in the Thai Forest Monastery under Ajahn Sona. I completed the commitment at the end of December and was given the Pali name of Sanghapฤla โ…
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Best of 2022
At the very beginning of the year I created a Reading Schedule for 2022 note topped with: โGoal is 20 books. 5 Japanese books.โ As I looked over the snowy countryside in Canada last January, I was thinking about how I…
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Saturday morning walks in Kyoto
In recent weeks, as the kids sleep in on the weekend, my wife and I have been taking early morning walks around the city, hitting temples and shrines before the tourists. We chitchat while strolling along, poking around areas of the…
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1 year at Fission
Last week I passed my first anniversary at Fission, a deep tech startup where I have been working as head of Operations. It has been an entirely positive year, and I thought I would take a moment to reflect on the…
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Traveling the familiar
When I was a kid there was a lakeside campground we went to each summer. Dad would load up the camper with beach toys and we would migrate south for a week. My cousins would met us there for a few…
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