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Passing of time | Seasons | Impermanence | Gentle Sadness Try to plant As for a child. A little wild cherry tree. Matsuo Basho THE...

+ Asahi + Takase River + Nighttime Cherry Blossoms @ Gyoza ChaoChao, near Gion District 〒600-8021 Kyoto, Shimogyō-ku Gyoza is a...

YIN - YANG (IN-YO, Japanese) is one of the most fundamental concepts in East Asian philosophy and at the core represents opposing forces...

"Nothing [is the] exact opposite of the world-denying pessimistic nihilism [and is] absolutely life-affirming since Zen and Zen art...

Nothing is more iconic in Japanese sweets than matcha flavored everything!!!!!!!!!!!!! It's earthy, floral, sweet by not too sweet flavor...

^ Tsukubi waterbasin for hand washing Two women chat, hands on knees, rags under hands. Shellaced by the passing of time, their hands...

The morning began with Dr. Makoto Nakamuro of Kyoto University, hoping down a rocky slope on the site of Daimon-ji Temple - a place...

We got ourselves into this mess - we can get ourselves out of it. I truly believe that we have all the tools. We know many, many...

Creating a great map is more than just generating a picture of lines and names and dots. With powerful tools like ArcGIS, complex...