Hong Kong: Between Two Systems, On One Very Long Night Out
My brother Daniel has had a photograph of the Hong Kong skyline on his bedroom wall for as long as
ReadHong Kong: First Impressions, Wrong Hostels, and the View from the Peak
My brother Daniel has had a photograph of the Hong Kong skyline on his bedroom wall for as long as
ReadKyoto: Imperial Capital, Ten Thousand Gates, and the Bomb That Never Came
The deer in Nara have worked something out about human beings, which is that we are incapable of refusing a
ReadKyoto: Temples, Ten Thousand Gates, and a Near-Miss at Osaka Airport
The deer in Nara have worked something out. They figured it generations ago, probably, that the humans arriving in busloads
ReadFirst Light, Manila
The airport is named for a man who was shot on the tarmac. Benigno Aquino Jr., opposition senator and the
ReadThe Day the Ground Moved
The first text arrived when I landed in Hong Kong. A friend asking if I was okay after the earthquake.
ReadNagasaki, Hiroshima, and the Geography of a Decision
The old man stands every day beside a set of bells that melted in the heat of the ninth of
ReadNagasaki, Hiroshima, and the Old Man by the Bells
The old man is standing next to a set of factory bells that melted in the blast and then solidified
ReadTokyo: 4am, Fish Intestines, and the Architecture of Consideration
At half past five in the morning, the Tsukiji fish market smells of the sea and cold air and somewhere
ReadTokyo: 4am, Fish Intestines, and the News in Japanese
At half past five in the morning, Tsukiji fish market smells like the beginning of the world. Not unpleasantly. More
Read