by Kaoverii | Jan 6, 2012 | Articles, Blog
The Japanese greet each other in the New Year with the phrase “Akemashite Omedeto” which translates as something like “Congratulations on the new opening”. I love thinking about the New Year like this. What am I open to? What am I opening...
by Kaoverii | Mar 20, 2011 | Blog
In 1992 I left my sister, my friends and my job as a newspaper reporter in San Francisco, stuffed a backpack with professional clothes and sensible shoes, and moved to Japan. I was 26 and I wanted to see the world and wanted some space to figure things out. Although I...
by Kaoverii | Sep 2, 2010 | Blog
On August 10 I took the red-eye to Denmark. We started our descent around 9 am – just in time for the Delta flight attendant to serve a breakfast of, that’s right, danishes. I was pretty pleased by my astute observation of the cultural metaphor here. However,...
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