by Stephenson James P | Mar 11, 2021 | Uncategorized
Naoshima is a small island in the Seto Inland Sea of Japan which holds a unique blend of traditional fishing villages and art projects.in the Seto Inland Sea of Japan holds a unique blend of traditional fishing villages and art projects. Here you can see...
by Stephenson James P | Mar 11, 2021 | Uncategorized
Yamanakako, Minamitsuru District, Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan After 37 years, I got the chance to re-visit Mt Fuji. A wonderful Japanese host treated my daughter and I to a spectacular hotel room with a view at the XIV (pronounced Excibu) Resort Yamanaka Ko....
by Stephenson James P | Mar 11, 2021 | Japan Stories
The sound of cicadas singing in the trees, the beauty of the lotus flowers in a temple compound – these are such vibrant memories still alive in memory from a recent visit to Kyoto and Kamakura in the late Japanese summer. The heat and humidity is made bearable by the...
by Stephenson James P | Mar 11, 2021 | Japan Stories
At the Zen Buddhist temple of Rokuonji, more famously known as Kinkakuji (the temple of the golden pavilion), nestled in the foothills of north-west Kyoto, you will find this famous gold-plated building. The history dates back to 1397. In 1950 the...
by Stephenson James P | Mar 11, 2021 | Japan Stories
In December 1968 Japan’s first Nobel Laureate, novelist Yasunari Kawabata, began his Nobel lecture entitled “Japan the Beautiful and Myself” with these words: “In the spring, cherry blossoms, in the summer the cuckoo.In autumn the moon, and in winter the snow, clear,...
