Searching For- | Harakiri In-

Harakiri, in its truest sense, is not about dying. It is about refusing to live one more day as a ghost.

There is no plaque. No monument. Just wet stone and a bicycle leaning against a wall. Searching for- harakiri in-

What lie am I serving? Kyoto, 6 a.m. Rain on cobblestones. I had flown there on a credit card’s worth of points, telling no one. I walked to the alley behind Kennin-ji temple, where legend says a 14th-century warrior once opened his stomach in protest of a corrupt shōgun. Harakiri, in its truest sense, is not about dying