
A Japanese mind in the Western world — exploring life, art, sport, and human potential through the lens of Japanese philosophy.
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This article is a continuation of my last one, “Who Deals the Cards of Life?” In that article, I thought of the events that happen in our life as cards in our hand, and tried to unfold...
I enjoy reading many writers on Substack, but I especially enjoy Mai Mizokawa's "Letters." She is traveling, and right now she is in Georgia (the country in the Caucasus, not the U.S. state).
Every week she posts her “Letter” from differen...
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In my previous article, I wrote about the Autumn Equinox and Ohigan (お彼岸). Ohigan is the seven days centered on the Autumn Equinox Day, September 23 this year, three days befor...
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September 23 is Autumn Equinox Day, Shubun no Hi (秋分の日). In Japan, we call the seven days centered on this day, three days before and three days after, Ohigan (お彼岸), and we have a custom of visiting graves....
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Over the past few days, I have been writing a series on Note called “The Words for Rain.” In Japanese, there are said to be more than four hundred words for rain, and even among those that appear in dictionaries...
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Ancient Japanese wisdom and science, with a focus on Japanese mythology and Buddhism. As a Japanese living in California, I explore life, art, sport, and everything in between — through the lens of Japanese philosophy, rediscovered in my 50s.
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