In just three days I already feel at "home" in Nepal. I arrived in the capital of Katmandu on Friday, and found my way to Sana's house, a women who lived in Japan 18 years ago. She welcomed me into her home, where I stayed there for two nights. Sana's home in the Paton district of Katmandu was surrounded by large and small brick buildings. Her house, the white house from the gallery, was a three story home separated by a set of stair cases housing herself and another tenant o

On the 23rd of February, I depart from Japan and arrive in Kathmandu, Nepal on the 24th. My trip to Nepal is connected to my studies at Hiroshima University in the Taoyaka program. I am a first year student and have been studying 衣食住〔ishokujuu) and how this topic relates to Hemp. Hemp or cannabis sativa, is an industrial crop used in a variety of products, more traditionally used in textiles, like rope; however, the seeds have nutritional value containing fats, amino acids, m