A TREE MOVES IN MINATO-KU It’s a matter of priorities.  Minato Ward has its right! Unbeknownst to me, the powe…

by Elizabeth Andoh Botanically a fruit, not a vegetable, eggplant (Solanum melongena) is a member of the night…

A review by John Dwaine McKenna of Barry Lancet’s latest book Although prognostication and predicting th…

by Gail Rieke Japanese design demonstrates its genius in myriad ways when it comes to reusing materials. The p…

Cetaceans in the Sea of Okhotsk By Mark Brazil Blue above then blue below. Viewed from just below the pass at …

There was, in late June, in Sacramento California, an unprecedented event: a seminar ran by a very prominent p…

My first teacher in Japan: Mari Horie by Nancy Craft The news headlines about this summer’s brutal heat wave i…

Stagiaire, literally “trainee” in French, often refers to short kitchen stints where a cook works for free.  T…

by Gail Rieke,  Japan Living Arts, artist-at-large A joy like none other… returning to Japan over and over… ca…