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12 postcards from a confused samurai.

We sat at a table in a bright, loud eating house.

We sat at a table in a bright, loud eating house.

USA. A restaurant. I could not finish my meal, and I bowed my head in shame.

USA. A restaurant. I could not finish my meal, and I bowed my head in shame.

USA. A Southern restaurant.

USA. A Southern restaurant.

There is a restaurant in Texas where they bring you food until you tell them to stop.

There is a restaurant in Texas where they bring you food until you tell them to stop.

Here in America, i returned to my hotel room at night and found that someone had entered, remade…

Here in America, i returned to my hotel room at night and found that someone had entered, remade…

A restaurant in America handed me a cup of soda.

A restaurant in America handed me a cup of soda.

USA. A restaurant on my birthday week.

USA. A restaurant on my birthday week.

USA. I bumped a man’s cart with mine.

USA. I bumped a man’s cart with mine.

I saw a sign for a village, but the characters were not kanji.

I saw a sign for a village, but the characters were not kanji.

USA. A diner. The waitress asked me a question, and I misheard my destiny.

USA. A diner. The waitress asked me a question, and I misheard my destiny.

In America, a stranger will offer you his fist, and you are simply meant to understand.

In America, a stranger will offer you his fist, and you are simply meant to understand.

USA. I broke a kettle, so I went to the store to confess.

USA. I broke a kettle, so I went to the store to confess.