Wednesday, August 27, 2008

Back from Japan


A complicated and rewarding trip. I have a few notes on Lady Isabella Bird and Koda Rohan, and maybe about a Kubuki performance, that should move me right back into 19th century books.

A couple of successes:

I never set foot in a restaurant I'd heard of, with the exception of two stops at Starbucks, and those were both instigated by Japanese people.

I never asked for a fork, although I used it if it was there.

A failure:

A month was not enough to straigten out basic greetings and farewells. Next time.

6 comments:

  1. Welcome back. I've enjoyed your museum and bookshop visits.

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  2. Welcome back. I've been following your Japan posts -- very interesting.

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  3. Lovely blog - came to it by chance. I shall return.

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  4. Thanks for the kind words, everyone. Let me plug praymont's (http://praymont.blogspot.com/) recent pieces about and photos from Vienna - a lot of interesting stuff there. I may refer to those posts next week - I have been thinking about related issues in the context of Japan.

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  5. Welcome back, glad you enjoyed your trip and that it will (hopefully) become food for further literary rambles in Japan.

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