
Travel
Minka: The Allure of Japanese Farmhouses and Other Old Dwellings
The last few months have seen a spate of articles on free or low-cost homes in Japan. These homes […]
Travel
The last few months have seen a spate of articles on free or low-cost homes in Japan. These homes […]
Culture
The Escape Stone, long said to be resilient in the face of calamities, has fallen — revealing the silhouette […]
Culture
The revival of the tatara method of traditional steel production has begun! A new era in traditional Japanese […]
Travel
I often hear acquaintances — who are visiting Japan but haven’t made plans beyond staying in Tokyo […]
Travel
The moon peeks out between the clouds, silhouetting the profile of the islet. Depicted in a long-exposure […]
Travel
It started in the fall of 2014. Fresh from an exhilarating teacher trip to Cambodia, my friend […]
Culture
No matter where you go in Japan, the past and present are encountered constantly in ways unexpected […]
Blog
In March 2018, I joined an Upper School global travel trip to Japan with 16 high school students and […]
Blog
Tokyo experienced its heaviest snowfall in four years in late January 2018. It brought travel chaos—halting train service in […]
Culture
The famous Kaguraden adjacent to Izumo Taisha As I learned on my most recent trip, the pleasure of […]