re: The commodification of travel (opens in new tab)

I relate a lot to Herman's recent post, in more ways then one. His thoughts on travel are very similar to mine, and the fact that he's writing from Kyoto is even better. You see, I spent a semester studying in Japan 14 years ago (good grief has it been that long?). I went to a business school in Tokyo (武蔵大学), despite being a computer science major. I honestly had never been interested in traveling until then. The only reason I found myself in Japan was having been lured into the International...