Belated greetings
A belated Merry Christmas to you all. I am beginning this week's column from one of my most favorite places in the world -- Amakusa.
Amakusa is a tiny island off the coast of Kumamoto in Kyushu, where Japan's most famous 'saint,' Amakusa Shiro, was born and died.
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