Gruesome news concerning several murders has overshadowed even the diet talks grilling PM Hatoyama’s administration on their policies and President Obama’s upcoming meeting on Friday (The 13th!) with PM Hatoyama in Japan. A young female student...

2009.11.07 Since I already has this kimono out (see below), I decided to wear it again to my yakitoriya-san on Saturday. I had wanted to dress it up nicer and wear it with a Nagoya obi this time, but after teaching in the morning, getting my hair done...

* Click images to enlarge flyer. Exhibition of the Treasures of Kōmyōji and Pure Land Art 大本山光明寺と浄土教美術－法然上人八百年大御忌記念－ Venue: Kamakura Museum 鎌倉国宝館 Dates: 10/23-11/29, 2009 Access: 12...

Tawaraya is a place of ultimate peace and comfort, all those fortunate to be born human, should strive to stay there once You need only wish for something, and it magically appears, or rather, before you can even imagine it, it is already there.