Japan 2025 – Tokyo – The Tea ceremony workshop – Part III
The whole ritual is repeated 3 times. The first time, Soka shows us how to prepare the tea. The second time, she makes tea for each of us. The third…
Japan 2025 – Tokyo – The Tea ceremony workshop – Part II
We sit on the tatami on the floor. As she knows how hard it is for foreigners to sit on their knees, she says we can relax while she explains…
Japan 2025 – Tokyo – The Tea ceremony workshop – Part I
The tea ceremony workshop is practically the first thing we do as we arrive in Tokyo. We landed from Okinawa the night before and we still need to recover, so…
Japan 2025 – Tokyo – The dinner
I have been knowing the gentleman for quite a while, now. 12 years. When I informed him I would be in Tokyo for one week, he promised to find some…
Japan 2025 – Tokyo – The sushi master
He describes himself as a sushi artist, while my host, being a high performance athlete, prefers to call him a sushi athlete. « We have been knowing each other for…
Japan 2025 – Hiroshima – The Water
Water connects all things, life to death, darkness to light. In Hiroshima, the water is a constant presence. The city is crossed by rivers. Those same rivers where people poured…
Japan 2025 – Hiroshima – Still there
The feeling is that in Hiroshima the spirits of the victims are still there. They are still there, waiting for us, to accompany us during the visit, praying that we…
Japan 2025 – Okinawa – Sakura
Michelle and I are hungry, we skept lunch and we are looking for local food, it is past 6.00 pm. We are a bit disappointed as we are surrounded by…
Japan 2025 – Okinawa – The sidelines pub
We are not ready to go to sleep, so we end up at the pub on the corner: The Sidelines. I know my tolerance level for alcohol allows me still…
Japan 2025 – Okinawa – Aloha divers
It was Pepe that redirected me to Pedro. He was my DM in Thailand and we had kept in contact on Facebook. I’m not very fond of the use people…