Home is where you reminisce when you are far away and sing with sorrow By Saisei Muro (Japanese poet) How many of our savvy readers have heard of Iya, which is remote part of Tokushima Prefecture on Shikoku Island? Situated in the western part of...

Koyasan, or Mount Koya (san means mountain in Japanese), has been a Buddhist sanctuary for about 1200 years. It was founded in 816 by Kukai, the founder of Buddhism’s Shingon sect. Long ago it was far and secluded, but it is now very accessible, and...