Pico Iyer: Outside Man

Studio 360 | Jan 11, 2011

Travel writer Pico Iyer has lived in Japan for 20 years. And while he knows the locals still see him as an outsider, he told Kurt that this status helps him pay attention to his surroundings. Iyer says Japan is like a "2000-year-old person wearing a micro-skirt, with an artificial tan and carrying a surfboard." Special thanks to Matthew Cavnar.

Iyer tells Kurt about Buddhism in Japanese daily life

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