The world is a book and those who do not travel read only one page.”—St. Augustine [Continued from Dec. 12] Let me pick up the Japanese thread that I had dropped on Dec.12, 2018 and weave the narration today almost two weeks into New Year 2019. After spending a night in Narita, the city with…

The world is a book and those who do not travel read only one page.”—St. Augustine [Continued from Nov. 29] My first introduction to Japan as a student was through Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose. His dramatic escape from India to Germany and then to Japan was indeed a stuff that would leave any student wonderstruck…

The world is a book and those who do not travel read only one page.” —St. Augustine [Continued from yesterday] The following day, it was city tour of which I remember only two sites: one was the Palace of the old Korean King known as Gyeongbokgung Palace. (You can pronounce the name at your own…

The world is a book and those who do not travel read only one page.”—St. Augustine [Continued from yesterday] This is my second visit to Seoul and Tokyo. Twenty-nine years ago in June 1989, I had been to Seoul along with the Rotary team to attend the Rotary International Conference. Earlier to this, the 24th…