Having lived most of my life overseas, I have
discovered that individual Asian cultures share
many commonalities—from the foundation of
language to the way we write letters or worship
the household god. While we Vietnamese have
shrines for the road, river, and rice paddy, the
Japanese have the ujigami shrine into which
one can put a coin into a votive box and pray.
Traveling reveals these similarities and proves
that we are never alone in our journeys.
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KHANH HA
AUTHOR OF FLESH
TRAVEL &
WORLD CULTURE
