{"id":2586,"date":"2009-01-08T21:14:19","date_gmt":"2009-01-08T21:14:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/?p=2586"},"modified":"2009-01-08T21:36:47","modified_gmt":"2009-01-08T21:36:47","slug":"jet-alum-encounters-lady-murakami-scoops-nytimes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/2009\/01\/08\/jet-alum-encounters-lady-murakami-scoops-nytimes\/","title":{"rendered":"JET alum encounters Lady Murasaki, scoops NYTimes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/01\/ladymurakami.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-2587\" title=\"ladymurakami\" src=\"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/01\/ladymurakami.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"292\" height=\"217\" \/><\/a>After a recent business trip\u00a0to Tokyo, Seattle JET alum <strong>David Kowalsky<\/strong> spent\u00a0the weekend in Kyoto.\u00a0 He snapped this shot of the Lady Murasaki statue (a tribute to her authoring of <em><a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Tale_of_Genji\" target=\"_blank\">The Tale of Genji<\/a><\/em>), along his walk from Uji Station to the impressive Byodo-in Temple. Upon returning to the U.S., he subsequently noticed this article in the NYTimes &#8212; &#8220;<a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/travel.nytimes.com\/2009\/01\/04\/travel\/04footsteps.html?8dpc\" target=\"_blank\">Kyoto Celebrates a 1,000-Year Love Affair<\/a>&#8221; &#8212; though he points out that while the NYTimes article mentions fans shooting photos in front of the statue, in his own experience there was nary a Genji fan to be found.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Note<\/span>:<\/strong> Look for David&#8217;s book review of <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Natsuo_Kirino\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Natsuo Kirino&#8217;s<\/strong><\/a><\/em><strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Real-World-Natsuo-Kirino\/dp\/0307267571\" target=\"_blank\">Real World<\/a> <\/strong><em>in the upcoming issue of the <a href=\"http:\/\/jetaany.org\/quarterly-newsletter-latest-edition\/\" target=\"_blank\">JETAA NY Magazine<\/a>, due out at the end of January.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/travel.nytimes.com\/2009\/01\/04\/travel\/04footsteps.html?8dpc\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After a recent business trip\u00a0to Tokyo, Seattle JET alum David Kowalsky spent\u00a0the weekend in Kyoto.\u00a0 He snapped this shot of the Lady Murasaki statue (a tribute to her authoring of The Tale of Genji), along his walk from Uji Station to the impressive Byodo-in Temple. 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