Chicago — The upside of being an expat is it forces introspection. It gives you the time and space to process your experiences that short trips don’t. I learned how wonderful it is to live simply from living in...
Karuizawa-machi — Karuizawa is not Tokyo. Tokyo is beautiful, but created beauty. The lights advertising Pachinko parlors and tall buildings stretching up to the sky elicit their own sense of wonder, one that I admire...