Sitting in silence on a very quiet weekday afternoon, not even one sound from a neighbor.  There’s a distance hum of a washing machine, the smell of outside air still lingering from her purse and hair, hands still cold,  she reflects on warm moist...

Another very nice and well-rounded sake from West Japan. This is a Junmai Ginjo, Nama Genshu. Junmai Ginjo means it falls into the premium class of labor intensive sake with rice that’s milled away at 50%. Nama, means that is a draft-style...

Greetings & Salutations,   I was confronted the other day by a student over the question of "Freedom."   So, I had asked her to ask herself that same question instead of asking me.  She told me that freedom, in the sense that Japanese...

Descartes once said that “I think, therefore I am!” And with that one phrase he became the father of modern philosophy. “I drink good sake, therefore I am” is what I say, and boy, did I choose a good one. (This oil painting was...

Towering at 186cm/or 6’2, Erika Araki is one of my favorite volleyball players.  She’s also a favorite type of mine.  Her dominance on the floor is only second to Oyama Kana’s, I think.  Nevertheless, she has proven her worth as an...