Storyboard / Inspiration
Japan’s natural religion, Shinto (神道), consist of 2 ideograms: “God (神)” and “Way (道)”. I noticed there are many different Japanese disciplines contain “Way (道)”. The “Way (道)” to be the most important thing in ones own life, and the quest for all is to find ones own “Way (道)”.
At one of my favourite restaurants, the young man next to me confessed; “I just quit smoking on April 1”.
I believe this to be one of the most important concepts the Japanese continue to subconsciously practice throughout their lives; it’s in their DNA.
More often than not, I think the neighborhood I live in is sublime. I walked around my neighborhood with my new found friends the other day and one of them turned to me and said “you have such a opulent walking course” and I had to agree.
You could consider Akie Nakata to be a rock star of sorts, but not the one that usual comes to mind.
What can you do with a single sheet of paper? Plenty when your name is Masayo Fukuda, who, after seeing her art I now refer to her as Sensai Tensai or “delicacy genius”.
One's wise wife often chides when the Occxie savage, who stinks of butter, has unthoughtful things to say.
There is a very interesting and long running TV program that has been running since May 15, 1966, called laugh point (shoten). In fact, the show has been going so long that I am on my 3rd host since coming to Japan.
Setsubun is the day before the beginning of spring in Japan, and has its origins in a Chinese custom introduced to Japan in the eighth century.
Snow Monkeys Of Hell's Valley An incredible natural phenomena is happening in the Land Of The Rising Son as we traveled to one of the largest…
Last week we talked about the 9-year old drumming prodigy Yoyoka Kaneai and her original appearance on ellentube. She was invited on the show for a second time (first for Japanese citizen) to find out what happened in that most amusing original encounter.
My father came to Japan in 1968, at the invitation of Nissan Motor Co Ltd., and wore this hat. Datsun was the export brand of Nissan Motors cars.
What does a 9-year old Japanese child have to teach what is arguable one of the most powerful, if not the most powerful person in American show business? A little of the Japanese Way from Yokoka, the 9-year old drumming sensation to her very powerful and most gracious host.
The beauty of the Japanese language never fails to take the breath away.
There was quite a stir in Japan recently as a Japanese citizen became the first Japanese basketball player to be taken in the first round of the NBA draft by the Washington Wizards.
Every Day My wife (also known as The Big Girl), and I normally started our day with the Japanese radio calisthenics program: Known in Japanese as rajio taisō.
I read an interesting quote in my Japanese study application by Einstein in the “Wise Saying” section. He said, "I don't have any particular talents, but have an extraordinarily curious mind.
“every thousand mile journey starts with the first step” Glad to have decide to read the Compound Effect 7 years ago, and took the information to heart and more importantly acted on it.
Coming from Zen Buddhism, this is a state where two parties need not language spoken or written to communicate between their heart for mutually unspoken understanding. i shin den shin is still a fundamentally unknown concept in the west, however, it is an ingrained Japanese cultural phenomena unparalleled anywhere else, it’s woven into the Japanese DNA, I don't doubt it.
I like living in the country of Japan, no, I literally mean in the countryside of Japan. Negishi is the name of this restaurant, and it has been here, well, a long time!
Continuing my theme of no hair on this week’s blog post. The funniest thing happen to me just the other day, and I couldn't be more tickled.
Adversity, failure, fear, stress, and uncertainty keeps us from changing life's direction to a more fulfilling and meaningful direction. I know for me this is always a constant challenge.
Looking back, one can see how time used to go so slowly. Remember sitting in a dreadful and boring class not listening to the teacher drone on and on and on about subjects that are not interesting at all (algebra). As the years went by, can the realization that perception of time is subjective.
He never lost his sense of humour throughout his many ordeals, which included growing up in poverty.
