Japanese Culture From Wood to Sake
A quiet journey through traditional sake brewing1. Wood Before Steel(Tradition before efficiency)Long before stainless s...
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Japanese Culture Before Brewing Sake, We Set a Boundary
A Small Japanese Ritual Called SetsubunBefore brewing sake, there is something we do in Japan that may seem strange at f...
Japanese Culture Title: A Soul in Silk: Discovering the Haunting Beauty of Jusaburo Dolls in Japan
The Gaze That Pierces the SoulYesterday, I had a rare and breathtaking experience at theJusaburo Tsujimura Doll Museumin...
Japanese Culture Where Sake Begins: Rice Polishing
Where Sake Begins: Rice PolishingBefore yeast ferments and before koji transforms starch into sugar, sake is already tak...
Japanese Culture Edo Tenpō I-sui (江戸天保井水)
In Japan, every sake brewery relies on its own unique brewing water (shikomi-mizu).The mineral balance of this water—sof...
Japanese Culture Why Sake Labels Look Like Art (And Sometimes Are)
The First Thing You Notice Is the LabelWhen you pick up a bottle of sake,you probably don’t read the words first.You loo...
Japanese Culture Sake for Absolute Beginners
A Gentle Introduction from a Quiet Town in JapanWhat Is Sake, Really?Many people think sake is just “Japanese wine.”It’s...
Objects & Symbols A Chair That Remembers Silence
An Object from Japan’s Postwar MomentAt first, it looks ordinary.Two chairs.A small table.Nothing grand. Nothing ceremon...
Objects & Symbols When Walls Become Canvas
Munakata Shiko and the Courage to Paint a RoomYou don’t expect this inside a building.Not inside sliding doors.Not insid...
Objects & Symbols Words That Refuse to Stay Silent
Munakata Shiko’s Fusuma Paintings in KurashikiAt first, you don’t try to read them.You simply stand in front of the pane...