{"id":7606,"date":"2018-06-11T12:53:00","date_gmt":"2018-06-11T16:53:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/?p=7606"},"modified":"2018-11-23T13:19:39","modified_gmt":"2018-11-23T18:19:39","slug":"tokaido-road-for-tony-bourdain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/2018\/06\/tokaido-road-for-tony-bourdain\/","title":{"rendered":"Tokaido Road for Tony Bourdain"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If you&#8217;ve been a reader for a while, you&#8217;ll know that I often make coordinations as a sort of coping mechanism when someone I admire passes on. Friday morning, I heard the news I wasn&#8217;t expecting to hear for decades yet. Tony Bourdain was dead. Devastatingly, lost to suicide. This one hit me much harder than any other recent death. I&#8217;ve been a huge fan of his for longer than I can remember. His television shows, his books, even the comic books he&#8217;s written. I&#8217;ve actually been working on a post that involves some of those, but it&#8217;s been put to the side for the time being.<\/p>\n<p>In an age of approachable, inviting celebrity chefs and easily marketed sound bites, Anthony Bourdain showed us that it was important to be honest and true to yourself. He showed us that it was entirely possible to be ascerbic and foul-mouthed while being open and empathetic. He used his bad-boy persona and privileged status to amplify the voices of downtrodden people who so many would have ignored, and did it all over a shared meal.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-7606 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-medium'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/tokaido-road-for-tony-bourdain_41838066295_o.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"186\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/tokaido-road-for-tony-bourdain_41838066295_o-186x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/tokaido-road-for-tony-bourdain_41838066295_o-186x300.jpg 186w, https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/tokaido-road-for-tony-bourdain_41838066295_o-600x970.jpg 600w, https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/tokaido-road-for-tony-bourdain_41838066295_o-634x1024.jpg 634w, https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/tokaido-road-for-tony-bourdain_41838066295_o-93x150.jpg 93w, https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/tokaido-road-for-tony-bourdain_41838066295_o.jpg 990w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 186px) 100vw, 186px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/tokaido-road-for-tony-bourdain_27868702217_o.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"186\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/tokaido-road-for-tony-bourdain_27868702217_o-186x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/tokaido-road-for-tony-bourdain_27868702217_o-186x300.jpg 186w, https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/tokaido-road-for-tony-bourdain_27868702217_o-600x970.jpg 600w, https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/tokaido-road-for-tony-bourdain_27868702217_o-634x1024.jpg 634w, https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/tokaido-road-for-tony-bourdain_27868702217_o-93x150.jpg 93w, https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/tokaido-road-for-tony-bourdain_27868702217_o.jpg 990w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 186px) 100vw, 186px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/tokaido-road-for-tony-bourdain_41838054525_o.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"202\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/tokaido-road-for-tony-bourdain_41838054525_o-202x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/tokaido-road-for-tony-bourdain_41838054525_o-202x300.jpg 202w, https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/tokaido-road-for-tony-bourdain_41838054525_o-600x891.jpg 600w, https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/tokaido-road-for-tony-bourdain_41838054525_o-690x1024.jpg 690w, https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/tokaido-road-for-tony-bourdain_41838054525_o-101x150.jpg 101w, https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/tokaido-road-for-tony-bourdain_41838054525_o.jpg 1078w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 202px) 100vw, 202px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>This <a href=\"http:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/hiroshiges-53-stations-of-the-tokaido\/\">53 Stations of the Tokaido<\/a> obi is an item that had been on my wishlist for months, and when I got a notification that it was on sale I jumped on it. I hadn&#8217;t used it yet, waiting for the right time, and what a better way to use this motif focused on travel than to honour a man who encouraged us all to travel and explore and experience new things? I kept the rest of the outfit very subdued, to maintain the focus on the obi.<\/p>\n<p>If you do anything today, do it honestly, do it with no reservations. Try something out of your comfort zone. Sit down and listen to someone you&#8217;d normally overlook. Reach out to a loved one. Eat something incredible. Do it with open eyes, open ears, open mouth, open heart, and open mind.<\/p>\n<p>[sc name=&#8221;items&#8221;]<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-2' class='gallery galleryid-7606 gallery-columns-6 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/iromuji-2.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" src=\"https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/iromuji-2-125x125.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-2-3580\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-2-3580'>\n\t\t\t\tWarm Brown\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/fukuro-26-1.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" src=\"https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/fukuro-26-1-125x125.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-2-7273\" srcset=\"https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/fukuro-26-1-125x125.jpg 125w, https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/fukuro-26-1-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/fukuro-26-1-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 100px) 100vw, 100px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-2-7273'>\n\t\t\t\tWarm Tones Tokaido\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/haneri-12.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" src=\"https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/haneri-12-125x125.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-2-3405\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-2-3405'>\n\t\t\t\tSolid yellow\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/obijime-30.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" src=\"https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/obijime-30-125x125.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-2-7300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/obijime-30-125x125.jpg 125w, https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/obijime-30-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/obijime-30-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 100px) 100vw, 100px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-2-7300'>\n\t\t\t\tGreen &#038; White\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/obiage-26.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" src=\"https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/obiage-26-125x125.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-2-7022\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-2-7022'>\n\t\t\t\tBrown Bokashi Rinzu\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you&#8217;ve been a reader for a while, you&#8217;ll know that I often make coordinations as a sort of coping mechanism when someone I admire passes on. Friday morning, I heard the news I wasn&#8217;t expecting to hear for decades yet. Tony Bourdain was dead. Devastatingly, lost to suicide. This one hit me much harder &#8230; <a title=\"Tokaido Road for Tony Bourdain\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/2018\/06\/tokaido-road-for-tony-bourdain\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Tokaido Road for Tony Bourdain\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7609,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[376],"tags":[811,449,57,810,812],"class_list":["post-7606","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mannequin-coord","tag-anthony-bourdain","tag-memorial","tag-tokaido","tag-tony-bourdain","tag-travel"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7606","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7606"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7606\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8449,"href":"https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7606\/revisions\/8449"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7609"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7606"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7606"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7606"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}