Desperately Seeking Shoyu In Saitama
Let Chiba have their giants of mass-produced soy sauce. I’ll head west to Kawagoe, where three craft shoyu makers are still creating cedar barrel-aged masterpieces of sweet umami flavor.
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Category: Traditions
Tea Ceremony, Rebooted
This past weekend, I finally exhaled. Well, that was the feeling anyway, as my tea ceremony...
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The Insanity of 21st Century Japanese Katana Sword making
Though the clients have changed, the masters behind the craft remain the same: madmen obsessed with the quality of their blades.
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The Green Mile – A Long Road of Practicing Tea Ceremony
What the world’s worst tea ceremony student has learned through practicing tea in Japan, and it isn’t about tea at all.
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A Dance of Grace and Fools
The dancers are fools, everyone is a fool, so why not dance? A glimpse at Japan’s Awa Odori festival.
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