I liked this book, some insights of the author, like "are the Japanese insecure or arrogant?", since the author did find both kinds in his journey. Sometimes people were insecure AND arrogant. I get that they are very proud to be Japanese, they love their country, they are proud to be homogeneous, b...
Although theoretically I have a right to be peeved off (book republished as "hitching rides with Buddha", I picked it up at a used bookstore thinking it was a sequel), actually I will bump up the rating for HHB to 4/5, based on quality of re-read. first read this possibly as early as '98... more lik...