Overseas program(s):
Fuji Summer 2017
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Rediscovering My Inner Buddha: My Journey in Japan - “Namu Amida Butsu Namu Amida Butsu Nam mô A-di-đà Phật…” When I was a child, at the start of every school year, my mom and I would be filling in my particulars in my yearly report book at school. I still remember how she would put a little mark in the check box by the […]
Out with the Old, in with the Robots! - “Aging population is a concern for the workforce and the local economy.” That statement was drilled into my head over and over again during my high school years in Singapore. Having the third highest life expectancy in the world (CIA, 2016) and a constantly declining birth rate, Singapore has always been extremely concerned with its […]
National Parks of Japan- A Product of Glocalization - Food is one of the most highly glocalized items in the world. In fact, my first experience with glocalization in Japan was at a vegan ramen shop run by and for Muslim women in Shinjuku on my second night in Tokyo. Since then, I could not avoid seeing the traces of glocalization at every meal […]
Fujiko in modern time — the invisible world of Fujisan - Fujisan, standing at 3776 meters above sea level, is the tallest volcano in the Japan archipelago. One does not have to leave the bustling streets Tokyo to witness the grand presence of Fuji. In fact, you can find Fuji images plastered on everything from a 5-inch tall tissue box in Shinjuku (Fig.1) to a 7-foot […]