“To pass on the lessons learned from the tragedy of war to future generations, and pray for everlasting world peace.” - Okinawa Cornerstone ...

“Japan is the only country I have visited that I want to go to again. I just feel the Japanese have such good taste and dedication to crafts...

“It is impossible to remain indifferent to Japanese culture. It is a different civilisation where all you have learnt must be forgotten. It ...

“Japan never considers time together as time wasted. Rather, it is time invested.” – Donald Richie Welcome to the Travel Tuesday meme...

“There is luck in the last helping.” – Japanese Proverb The other day I tried some thick, light and fluffy pancakes, which were delic...

“Japan learned from the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki that the tragedy wrought by nuclear weapons must never be repeated and that hu...

“With sushi, it is all about balance. Sometimes they cut the fish too thick, sometimes too thin. Often the rice is overcooked or undercoo...

“The artist must bow to the monster of his own imagination.” - Richard Wright Today, I’m reviewing a movie I didn’t finish seeing. The ...

“True love is like ghosts, which everybody talks about and few have seen.” 
- François de La Rochefoucauld “And how will I know if it...

"A warless world will come as men develop warless hearts." - Charles Wesley Burns A review of a classic 1959 film ...

“I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones.” - Albert Einstein ...

“While I thought that I was learning how to live, I have been learning how to die.” - Leonardo da Vinci We watched a very good Japanese ...

“Adversity is like a strong wind. It tears away from us all but the things that cannot be torn, so that we see ourselves as we...