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I lived in San Pedro, California, which is, you know, on the west side of California, and it's where many, many Japanese lived.

Asking Siri where the nearest sushi bar is - that's not interesting. What's interesting is asking your phone where one of your friends have last had dinner in the neighborhood, or having it recommend a cool paella place in Barcelona because it knows you eat paella all the time at home.

Working in Tokyo has convinced me that, contrary to what people think, it is actually one of the world's most beautiful cities.

No place is perfect, but I admire Oahu for its offering of the tropical and the urban, and then its Asian-inflected culture and cuisines.

I'd really like to go back to New Japan because it feels like home, and I love that place so much.

We've lost our city. I fear it's potentially like Pompeii.

Nothing important has ever come out of San Francisco, Rice-a-Roni aside.

The Majestic Theatre in San Antone is as good as it gets.

I have this insane and unabated longing for San Francisco. I come up there every chance that I get.