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Basho, The Chief Poet of Japan and the Hokku, or Epigram Verses

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Getting Tea Drunk in Japan's Sencha Paradise...

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To me without truly knowing it..I always found wabi sabi art more beautiful..even as a child I was writing poetry and making visual metaphors..like cement in milk tea..etc..I love art that can be feminine , but really lovely affected by veneer of wabi sabi. Like a preserved classical relief facade in Greece, or a Greek Revival period property in Maine..or a romantic chateau in fragrant country natural life in France…or preserved oriental onsen in idyllic ancient villages in Japan....whatever is truly true, authentic, heartwarming, eternally lovely, ages, ferments…like a lovely wine..soothing & inspiring the palate, or a an earthy Japanese tea, enlivening & awakening all senses, beauty, life within,...

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Ochazuke is a Japanese dish of cooked rice and flavourings, with hot green tea poured over. This recipe for a salmon and salmon roe version is a delicious and simple meal in itself. Japanese pickles are a perfect accompaniment, whether you make them yourself or buy them already made. Ingredients

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BEGIN Japanology - Satoyama

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Satoumi (Full Documentary) From north to south, the long coastline of Japan cultivates diverse local lifestyles reflecting unique geographic conditions. People live in harmony with the sea by combining their traditional wisdom with scientific knowledge. These coastal areas, where the sea and human beings are intimately connected, are called "satoumi".

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During the Muromachi period, as the powers of the central shōguns in Kyoto was waning, Kaga Province came under the control of the Ikkō-ikki, followers of the teachings of priest Rennyo, of the Jōdo Shinshū sect, who displaced the official governors of the province, the Togashi clan, and established a kind of theocratic republic later known as "The Peasants' Kingdom". Their principal stronghold was the Kanazawa Gobo, on the tip of the Kodatsuno Ridge. Backed by high hills and flanked on two sides by rivers, it was a natural fortress, around which a castle town developed. This was the start of what would become the city of Kanazawa...

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