A Gold Studded Forest

A Gold Studded Forest

Even in one single leaf on a tree, or in one blade of grass, the awesome Deity presents itself. -Shinto Saying Covered by a blanket of lush, skyscraper-esque trees, Nikko’s mountains erupt from the earth like green fingers, reaching for the sky.  Underneath this...
Your Own Answers

Your Own Answers

If you want to know the truth of who you are, walk until not a person knows your name. Travel is the great leveler, the great teacher, bitter as medicine, crueler than mirror-glass. A long stretch of road will teach you more about yourself than a hundred years of...
Polluted Categories

Polluted Categories

Truthfully, I was unsure of how I may process my semester-long experience in Shanghai during my time in Japan. At first, I thought it may be best to separate these two experiences in fear of producing a negative judgement through an unfair comparison. In part I still...