Dispatches from Tomorrow: Nikko

The fantastic OOH campaign that followed us on the subway, train, and bus to Nikko. (Photo by me, 2005)

Sixteen years ago, I studied abroad in Japan for five weeks. It was one of those experiences that you know is probably going to change your life, but you never really see just how much it did affect you until years later. With the Tokyo 2020 Olympics just starting, I’m feeling nostalgic, even if the Japan I experienced more than a decade ago is probably very different from the one that exists now. I’m also fairly certain that there…