Making plans for your next adventure?
Tag: Kyoto
Mono no aware, or the pathos of things, is the Japanese philosophy on impertinence and ephemerality often depicted through springtime’s evanescent cherry blossoms.
Everything was happening so fast that there was no time to think beyond the present moment, and everything was new.
A host family feels like a simulation, like we were all playing into our respective roles even though we had just met.
It was, perhaps, the beginning of a cultural affair.
It is a story told ad nauseam.
Ramen & Kill Bill.
If you’re looking to get away from the hustle and bustle of Tokyo or even Osaka…
The nails that stick up get hammered down was how one of my gray-haired students concluded, as he gently banged his fist on the coffee table between us with a stern look on his face.
In Japan, sakura symbolizes the ephemeral nature of life. We must live in the present moment.