Sun, 01/01/2012 - 19:16 — Anonymous Like Daisann McLane in her three-part
series about Japan in the wake of its triple disaster, Pico Iyer has captured
a haunting snapshot of life in the country post-earthquake and tsunami. He
writes for Businessweek: When I went up to the area around the nuclear plant
in October, I found myself staying in, of all places, a golf resort by the
sea. Many of the locals had left the area after the disaster, I was told.
When I arrived, late at night, the big hotel looked like a ghost town. Only a
handful of kimono-clad guests seemed to be enjoying the tea lounge and the
play area. Next morning, I awoke early and went into the breakfast room at
6:15—to find every table packed. Dapper golfers from Tokyo were busy
scarfing down their eggs, about to head out for their first round, undeterred
by pelting rain and the belching factories that surround the seaside course.
In some places this could look like recklessness or indifference; in Japan it
seemed to stand for fortitude. (Via @gary_singh) World Hum
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