North American products are great. I’m satisfied with what I can buy here, no complaints. But do I miss products from back home? Hell yeah!! Especially snacks, and cosmetics. Snacks are for my taste buds. […]
Tag: japaneseculture
The Chrysanthemum and the Sword by Ruth Benedict
Nice, pleasant read, informative and simple. An example of anthropology that is dépassé, I doubt that anyone today would write a book about Japanese culture as a monolithic entity. Benedict could not conduct fieldwork in […]
Interview with International President of Ikebana International, Miho Ota Okawara
Some might consider Ikebana as an artistic practice that requires complex equipment— is a form of Japanese high art, but Miho Okawara, instructor of a Sogetsu workshop, translates the art form to one that is […]
In Praise of Shadows by Junichiro Tanizaki
After reading Snow Country by Yasunari Kawabata, I wanted to learn more about Japanese aesthetics and the inspiration for Kawabata’s writing technique. In Praise of Shadows by renownede Japanese writer Junichiro Tanizaki elaborates on Japanese […]