People ask me all the time what websites I recommend—what blogs that I read as somebody who writes about Japan. I figure that I'll answer this question once and for all; or at least until people forget that I wrote this … [Read more...]
When I think of Japan I tend to think of beautiful design. Zen gardens, temples, shrines, tea ceremonies, manga, anime, wabi-sabi... the list goes on and on. Yet for some reason Japan just can't put any of this together to … [Read more...]
Japan is well-known for its amazing architecture, from its beautiful, ancient temples, to the incredible skyscrapers of the future, or even enormous futuristic pyramids. Japan is one of the few non-European countries to … [Read more...]
Johnson Banks recently put up a post about "phonetikana" which has to either be the most genius discovery of all time, or the laziest. Either way, there's no denying that it's beautiful, regardless, but you know me, I hate … [Read more...]