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The Shinkansen Silent Car
From Shin-Osaka to Hiroshima I am in the Number 4 Silent Car. No conversation is permitted and no announcements will be made. Continue reading
Riding with Constant Uncertainty
As I hurtle through the darkness I can’t help but feel it as a metaphor for existence. Continue reading
Posted in Japan, Travel & Culture
Tagged Constant Uncertainty, Japan travel, Train travel
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In the Moment
You might notice manifestations of singular beauty and grace in any moment. Continue reading
Posted in Japan, Travel & Culture
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New World Sake: Round Two
The first rice-harvesting combine in Canada (recently shipped to Abbotsford from Hokkaido) brought in the harvest destined to become the 2014 Osake Fraser Valley Junmai. Continue reading
Kyoto Kitcho, Kyoto Hotel Granvia
First established in 1930 in Osaka, Kitcho has grown—along with its reputation for supreme attention to season, setting, presentation, taste, and likely the most famous service in Japan—oh yeah—and expense. Continue reading
Posted in Food, Wine & Restaurants, Japan, Travel & Culture
Tagged Kyoto Hotel Granvia, Kyoto Kitcho
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Ryoanji, Kyoto
Ryoanji’s rock garden, the ultimate in Zen art, is a simple rectangle of clay walls, gray-white sand, fifteen stones, and a veranda for viewing. That’s it. Continue reading
Tofukuji Temple, Kyoto
Tofukuji Temple, one of five primary Zen temples in Kyoto, boasts another National Treasure: the oldest Sanmon (main Zen temple gate) in Japan. Continue reading
Saying So Long to Summer
Overhead, the geese in giant check marks underscore the realization: We are at another summer’s end. Continue reading
Posted in Around Abbotsford, Food, Wine & Restaurants
Tagged End of summer, Labour Day, Restaurant 62
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Kyoto Depaato
A depaato is a mercantile microcosm not unlike a museum which truly reflects Japanese culture. The main difference is that it contains artifacts of the present rather than the past. Continue reading