How to Be an American Carpenter in Japan? Don’t Take ‘No’ for an Answer
Following the advice of Zen masters, Jon Stollenmeyer endured months of rejection before finally getting his foot in the ...
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400-year-old ‘fusuma’ art in Aomori a ‘match’ for set in London
A simple request to examine a centuries-old artwork led to a stunning discovery: the paintings on “fusuma” sliding doors owned by a long-established family in northern Japan were deemed to be ...
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Hosokawa’s dragon art on show at Kyoto’s Ryoanji temple
Covering 40 sliding doors, the epic “Unryuzu” work features ... renowned for having one of the finest Zen rock gardens in Japan was built in 1450 by Hosokawa Katsumoto, a high-ranking official ...
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Japan’s closed door upends people’s lives
The American software engineer landed a job in Tokyo just as Japan’s government was closing the doors to new arrivals. “You start to kind of feel like you’re forgotten and neglected and it ...