Land of the Rising Son

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Welcome to the Land Of the Rising Son

There is no other place in the universe like Japan.

With a culture thousands of years old and a most esoteric language, Japan will remain an enigma to the others.

To understand the true nature of the Japanese, one must live among them, but even then, there remains layers upon layers of a cryptic culture and arcane society, the “nooks and crannies” if you will.

Living in the countryside of Japan allows for a unique perspective into the Way of the Japanese.

Welcome to Japan, let’s join to explore the nooks and crannies of the Japanese Heart, Spirit, and Mind.

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Who are the Japanese?

One of the most misunderstood civilization, this island nation of 126 million inhabitants remains somewhat mysterious to the outside world.

An ancient cultures, the Japanese are masters at assimilating, molding, and improving foreign concepts into something uniquely Japanese.

Why is this so?

DNA

Here you will find some keys to open your question door, and there, you will only come to find, yet another layer, and another, and so on.

Welcome to the Land Of The Rising Son.

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Thoughts and musing about life and Japan.

Be Bamboo

Be Bamboo

Upon landing in Japan and beginning to understand the Japanese, with their ancient language and esoteric cultural protocols, the rhetoric of the Western narrative flipped one hundred and eighty degrees—smack dab on its head.

Same Time

Same Time

Here’s a lucid example of tatemae in action between a married couple—an effort to keep peace and maintain a harmonious matrimony, the rock-solid foundation of any emerging neo-clan family.

Opposable Thumbs

Opposable Thumbs

Nothing stirs creative juices like a vice-like precision grip—the ability to grasp and manipulate objects deftly is where the magic of Mother Earth’s monkeys begins.