Peeping into India (Japan) February 3, 2019 Some years back I found a travel book on India written and illustrated by a Japanese stage designer Senoh Kappa. I enjoyed looking at the sketches Hello stinky tofu (Taiwan) January 2, 2019 This is a street food I always look for when I am in Taiwan. The stinky tofu (臭豆腐 / chòudòufu) is fermented tofu. I vividly remember the ”aroma”, People get busy (China) November 2, 2018 I remember, I think it was in 2004, I was in a fast-food restaurant in Changsha typing something on my iBook. A fellow patron came and sat next to I am a cat and I love your city (Indonesia) November 1, 2018 Why do you travel to Jakarta so often?, they ask. I reply, “You know how when a cat loves someone, it tries to rub itself all around. I am that Tibetan and Uighur food in Osaka (Japan) October 20, 2018 I used to hang out a lot at a Tibetan cafe in Chengdu, soaking in the Yak butter tea and smelling like a Yak. Tibetan food is not particularly Little friends (China) October 18, 2018 The first friends I made in China were three kids. Literally 小朋友。 In early 2001, I skipped the tourist spots in Guilin city and headed to a A terrible country (Russia) August 1, 2018 I am back from Russia. The best way to solve the miss of Russia is by reading books and podcasts about the country. I often recommend that my The colorful alley of Yangon (Burma) July 24, 2018 The crowded downtown Yangon has a secret colorful alley. Come to street 29. Look for a shop with the twin cats Back for the trains and kefir (Russia) July 20, 2018 There is no Starbucks here in the Far East. But a local coffee shop has a logo that fools us from far away. The store is named Pirate Coffee. But Shocking Pink (Burma) June 26, 2018 That’s what we call shocking pink. The old and new have always been colliding in Yangon. I like the variety of fashion and styles that people Next page