by Nan Rae | Apr 4, 2014 | Uncategorized
Onto the tour bus for a hour and a half ride to Kurotani Village in the city of Ayabe. Along the way we saw such beauty in the mountains, miles of huge pine trees…..the forrest interspersed with Cherry trees (of course!) and white Magnolias. ...
by Nan Rae | Apr 2, 2014 | Uncategorized
……It’s Pam’s birthday and that made it a very special day starting with seeing Toyonshima, the ‘shortest’ of the current sumo wrestlers. He’s in the top 3 and thanks to Pam’s friend we learned how much fun it is to...
by Nan Rae | Apr 1, 2014 | Uncategorized
…..Wabi Sabi is a distinctly Japanese ideal. It’s the world view or aesthetic centered on the acceptance of transcence and imperfection. Beauty that is imperfect, impermanent and incomplete. The characteristics of Wabi Sabi include asymmetry,...
by Nan Rae | Apr 1, 2014 | Uncategorized
….and Sakae ‘Eva’ Yagino, our wonderful guide who we all fell in love with. She is so knowledgeable and poured so much information into us that I’m sure some spilled out along the way. In the background is one of the touring ships that we...
by Nan Rae | Mar 31, 2014 | Uncategorized
I’ve long heard tales of the Japanese country ‘inns’ but this was way beyond my wildest dreams and I found it absolutely sublime! All of our rooms overlooked the lake with majestic cedar trees and awesome Mt. Fuji appearing just as in all the...
