This week we deep dive into how Monochronic culture forced its will on the Polychronic world and how Ventura Blvd in Los Angeles earned the moniker of Sushi Row by housing the greatest concentration of Sushi restaurants outside of Japan. A listener email explains how the Monkey Puzzle Tree became an Oregon staple.

Episode Tabs:

Time and Culture

https://nobaproject.com/modules/time-and-culture

This Little Tokyo restaurant is long gone. But it changed L.A.’s food scene forever

https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2023-05-03/la-sushi-history-began-at-little-tokyo-restaurant

Listener Tabs:

Monkey Puzzle Tree

https://landscapeplants.oregonstate.edu/plants/araucaria-araucana

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