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“There was nothing more to leave behind. In a way, I had walked the roji, the Zen term for "dewy path," which represents the transition from the outside burning world of dust and passions to the contemplative spiritual world of a Japanese teahouse.”

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Untangling My Chopsticks: A Culinary Sojourn in Kyoto

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