why "koko… doko?"
12.18.2003
For some years I've wanted to own a business that would put me in contact with people enjoying themselves: a coffeehouse, or bed and breakfast, or ice cream parlor. Then I got really into cooking for awhile and I thought it would be great to own a little café where I could serve all of my favorite foods: chicken enchiladas, salmon pizza, saifun with dried shrimp. I wanted to call it “koko… doko?”. “Koko wa doko desu ka?” is Japanese for “What is this place?” or “Where am I?”, which might be something you might say when you're confronted with foods from a number of different cultures. Well, I may never open the restaurant, but I can use the name here, since “where am I?” and its related questions, “What am I doing?”, “Where am I going?”, and “Why am I here?” will probably figure greatly in this site.
