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It’s the machines that are wrong
Or: my most embarrassing moment in Japan When I first moved to Japan, I lived in Shimane prefecture for a year. It’s located on the northwestern coast of Japan and is famous for two things: Izumo-taisha and for having an extremely small population. To illustrate this, the “big” train station in the middle of town was…
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How can I become the person I want to be?
A fitting topic for the new year, amid everyone’s efforts to become a new, shiny person. I think new year’s resolutions have fallen a bit out of favor as life gets more and more difficult, but I’ve always really loved to give myself the hope of becoming that much closer to my ideal. That being…