If you are in Japan, there is no official Christmas holiday and you are probably working like any other day. You probably just assumed that Christmas would be a day off and it must have come as a bit of a shock when you moved to Japan and found out that it isn’t a […]

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Seasons Greetings to you and all of those that you hold dear! Regardless of faith, I think that this poem reminds us to celebrate the wonder and awe that is present in our lives everyday. The best gift that we can give to ourselves is a good outlook on life […]

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I am a big fan of arts & crafts in general and I have a special admiration for the Japanese approach of making an art form out of things that they use in daily life. The furoshiki is a great example - it is basically a square of fabric that can range in size from […]

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