Below you'll find a list of all posts from December, 2004
AHAN garden project crew 11-04. Marco Bernardete It was an emotional experience, the land turned out, mud, rocks, people falling, like the Babel tower. And a new birth, the garden. Mario It was full of emotions. Juninho It was incredible. Doing a Japanese garden! Marcio Fontes Homma Sensei surprised me working, singing, and planning for next day. All this with …
By Gaku Homma Nippon Kan Kancho I had the chance this last year to talk to a JICA (Japan International Cooperation Agency) volunteer after his return to Japan from the foreign country he had lived and worked in during his volunteer service. He spoke to me of the sense of disillusionment and displacement he felt upon his return. Honestly I …
We have a saying in Japan, “Cold sake and a father’s advice effect us later, not sooner.” In my case, it is “Cold sake and Sensei’s lessons effected me much later, not sooner.” For me, it is lessons learned from one of my teachers, Shudo Maruyama Sensei. I have written another article about Maruyama Sensei, titled “The Silent Pioneer: Shudo …
