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Dinner with Saito-san: A time of loss, gain, and loss again
In the rush to get back to life as we knew it before the pandemic, are we forgetting the discoveries made in the past few years?
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The writer met Saito-san at the height of the pandemic in a neighbourhood eatery, where he was braving the dangers of eat-in dining.
PHOTO: JANICE TAY
Janice Tay
These are the days, the hundred days, of flowers blooming and monkeys falling.
From July to September, crape myrtle trees burst into colour, filling the streets of Kyoto with pink clouds at a time of the year when most plants have exhausted their blooms.
