Every 4th Saturday in January, an annual Grass-Burning-Fire event on Wakakusa-yama Hill is held in Nara. It is officiated in ceremonial manner with prayers b...

A short essay that I wrote about my tours in Nara, Yamato was again featured in a local monthly magazine titled "NARARA" (「ならら」）for their October issue, 2019...

from Hasedera Temple official site: Thinking about the Japanese history, as far as I know, Japan was united by military forces at least 3-4 times in differen...

October. 22nd has became a memorable day for me. I was in Kyoto, being an assistant guide at Tofukuji Temple with 13 American guests on "National Geographi...

A full-day tour in YAMATO, Nara with Caitilin from Australia. 🌲 She finished her Yoga retreat in Hokkaido and came down all the way to Nara to join the tou...

Monthly magazines, "Narara" issue August, 2019 Special feature: "Regeneration" -water of life- I wrote a short report about my Yamato Spirit Tours for this ...

For the last 7 weeks, I spent my time in Chiang Mai, Thailand. Being away from Nara at least once a year is my way to keepmyself objective, sensitive (someti...

I'd like to introduce some of the books by Dr. Kazuo Murakami. He is a biochemist and one of the top geneticists in the world and Professor Emeritus at the U...

December is the season for the Japanese to enjoy gathering, eating (drinking), chatting over the passed year with friends, business colleges, etc. in the Yea...

Tobihino's iconic tree (Nara Park) Ohmiwa Shrine morning steam from cypress(hinoki)bark roof Autumn view from Hasedera Temple's stage Along the ancient road...

I have started to be a host of tours (experiences) in Nara, YAMATO, through Airbnb. https://www.airbnb.jp/experiences/206999 I am an Airbnb "experience" hos...

Alex Kerr is an American known as Japanologist. Recently, he is well known as an official advisor for the Japanese government on sustainable tourism. He is...

Typhoons is a violent tropical storm that usually hit Japan between summer and autumn. It is nothing surprising, but this year was different. We were hit b...

What do you think of these unique artifacts, especially the one on the below? Some people say they look like non-earthly human.. All there uniquely creativ...

I went to a workshop of making Vegetarian Sushi (VEGESUSHI) ! What's BEGESUSHI? VEGESUSHI is a new style of sushi conceptualised by “Hoxai Kitchen”. It is c...

This is an amazingly beautiful video taken by a freelance documentary maker, Koichi Hozan. on July 30, 2018. I just cannot help sharing this one with more pe...

Deer have been present on the Japanese archipelago since before man appeared. They are often mentioned in the Man-yo-syu Poems, the oldest Japanese antholog...

After the World War II, the number of deer in Nara park decreased to as low as 80. However, thanks to the great efforts of the Nara Deer Protection Organiza...

"Zen (禅） - The Life Of Zen Master Dogen (道元" OMG, I found the full movie on Youtube...! (click the above title to see) I saw this movie with my Brazilian, M...

Among many beautiful flowers, for the Japanese, cherry blossoms (Sakura) is by far the most popular one. Historically, sakura has been used for themes of p...