Photo: Linda Gould

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Mists of Miyama 
Robert Weis
reflects on an overnight stay in the remote valley of Miyama in northern Kyoto prefecture.

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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.

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Tokyo 2020
​​​Stephanie Belbin illustrates the new normals we experienced in 2020.

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Haiga
by Mark Meyer
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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.
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The Grateful Crane
by Sayuri Ayers
A personal reflection on the Japanese myth, "The Grateful Crane."

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Fashion Design
​by Chiaki Shimizu
A video showing the process of using Ogawa washi and urushi to create a wearable corset.

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8 Questions
​An interview with featured author and photographer Kit Pancoast Nagamura.

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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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Kagoshima and Okinawa Haiku Sequences                          of Sugita Hisajo
Translated by EikoYachimoto & Susan Stanford. 

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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.

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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.

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Two Views
​Literary
Nature plays a role in Lloyd Morgan's poem and Margaret Chula's haibun.

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Tsubame
B.A. Mullin explores themes of love and friendship when he encounters a nest of baby birds. 

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Two Views
​Visual
Paintings by
​Sheila Asato

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Visual Art
Artists Jeanette Fukao and Eva Li paint scenes from their daily lives.

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Seasons
​Alec Wilson's medieval haiku sequence offers a unique perspective on the seasons.

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Toko Shinoda Obituary

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