On foreign policy and international exchange

Of all the titles and claims I thought I might hold in my time in Japan, I never imagined that "Guinness World Record holder" might be one them. That's just what I am, however, after joining my touch rugby team and hundreds of others today in creating the world's largest single indigo dyed cloth. Here's what 836 meters of indigo-soaked diplomacy looks like:


tying the cloth


soaking it up


the gang with their freshly dyed cloth


Gaki signs one of his squares


all stretched out


in the Shimbun