Comments on: Time magazine?!? I'd never thought...

Time magazine?!? I'd never thought...

gen — Fri, 09 Jul 2004 10:18:40 -0800

Home is where the heart is. Karl Taro Greenfeld, journalist and author of Speed Tribes, among others, has a nostalgic piece in Time Asia (Aug. '03) recounting his heady youth in Tokyo alongside his thoughts on his ailing Japanese grandmother.

By: Flat Feet Pete

Flat Feet Pete — Fri, 09 Jul 2004 11:04:07 -0800

Good Stuff. I turned 21 whilst working a year in Japan and this reminds me of feelings I get when I head back. If I follow a resident friend's lead I still feel like I'm the young guy, but I wander away from the path I start to feel like the lost gaijin. Maybe I always felt that way, time's just put a nice veneer on the past.

By: rks404

rks404 — Fri, 09 Jul 2004 11:26:09 -0800

Nice link. It evoked my own memories of living in the Internet bubble in a place different from where I live now and how that life feels so far away now that I am married, a homeowner and a father.

By: armage

armage — Fri, 09 Jul 2004 11:40:38 -0800

Thanks, gen -- I enjoyed Speed Tribes, so this is a nice added perspective (of sorts) from the author's life.

By: scody

scody — Fri, 09 Jul 2004 12:26:23 -0800

Yes, nice link -- thanks, gen.

By: dydecker

dydecker — Fri, 09 Jul 2004 12:32:49 -0800

Thanks gen, Karl Taro Greenfield write well about Japan. Thankfully Tokyo still rocks for me. See you at Maniac Love this Sunday morning :>