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Anjō, Japan
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The Meeting under the Tanabata Lanterns Anjō’s summer dusk settled softly over the labyrinth of streets that wove through the city’s rice paddies and modern factories. Paper lanterns bobbed along the main thoroughfare of Horiuchi, their warm glow echoing the thousands of wishes tied to bamboo branches for the annual…
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Heraklion, Greece
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The Meeting by the Morosini Fountain The morning air in Heraklion was redolent with sea spray and the sharp, sweet scent of bougainvillaea, their fuchsia blossoms spilling over whitewashed walls. In Lion Square, named for the Venetian lions carved into the Morosini Fountain, sat Eleni Papadakis, her dark hair caught…
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Toulouse, France
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Élise Mercier was born under the rose-coloured bricks of Toulouse. From her earliest days she had known the city’s heartbeat: its chatter in the narrow lanes of the Carmes quarter, the clang of wrought-iron shutters in Rue de la Pomme, the cry of stallholders in Marché Victor Hugo. Wisdom, they…