At risk of understatement, life is quite different in Japan than in China. Food, traffic, language, customs -- so many new things to learn and assimilate. I will be traveling in Asia for my work and, of course, returning to China from time to time. Before I moved to China in 2006 I read in guide books about many foreigners who'd lived in China spent the rest of their lives scheming how to get back there. I now understand.
Crane Among Chickens will be expanding its breadth to include all of Asia, wherever my travels and interests take me.
Today is New Years Day 2012, so I think it appropriate to post a few pictures and a video of the taiko drummers who played near my apartment in Akigawa, Tokyo, today.