Literary Art
Contextual Art
Visual Art
![]() Mists of Miyama
Robert Weis reflects on an overnight stay in the remote valley of Miyama in northern Kyoto prefecture. ![]() Less Stuff, More Love
by Leza Lowitz A stroll in the Tokyo Flea Market reminds the author of the transience of life and the importance of ritual. ![]() Tokyo 2020
Stephanie Belbin illustrates the new normals we experienced in 2020. |
![]() ![]() Close Enough
At the outer edges of winter, two poets stroll a Japanese garden in central Tokyo, and the author Kit Pancoast Nagamura mulls over our complicated relationship with nature. ![]() |
![]() Fashion Design
by Chiaki Shimizu A video showing the process of using Ogawa washi and urushi to create a wearable corset. ![]() 8 Questions
An interview with featured author and photographer Kit Pancoast Nagamura. ![]() Plum Rain
by Michael McDowell A fictional exploration of the theme of loneliness in Japan from the perspective of an English conversation school teacher. |
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![]() Afraid of Kindie
Short fiction by Linda Gould about a child who doesn't speak Japanese facing her first day of kindergarten. |
![]() Kintsugi
In Susan Gubernat's poetry, the art of kintsugi--repairing the cracks of broken pottery with molten gold--provides a way to look at this imperfect world. |
![]() Two Views
Literary Nature plays a role in Lloyd Morgan's poem and Margaret Chula's haibun. ![]() Tsubame
B.A. Mullin explores themes of love and friendship when he encounters a nest of baby birds. |
![]() ![]() Visual Art
Artists Jeanette Fukao and Eva Li paint scenes from their daily lives. |
![]() Seasons
Alec Wilson's medieval haiku sequence offers a unique perspective on the seasons. ![]() |