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 Andersen that this status helps him pay attention to his surroundings.
→ Watch a video of Kurt and Pico Iyer below
(Originally aired: January 30, 2009)
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Video: Pico Iyer & Kurt Andersen in Nara
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