My Grandfather’s Unspoken Dead
Inside an Osaka temple, ten thousand flames burn for the dead. It took me fifty years to understand which ones my grandfather was carrying
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Katazuke: The Japanese Word for Tidying That Also Means Settling Things
On putting what’s out of place back where it belongs — including the parts of yourself you would rather not keep
The Stone at the Heart of Shimogamo Shrine and Japan
A growing stone and the meaning behind a line in Japan’s national anthem
Gate After Gate, and Still No Other Side
On Obon, I walked through real gates all day in Kyoto — the one in my head, after decades of Zen, I still can’t say I’ve crossed
Wu-Wei in a Pile of Osaka Castle Leaves I Never Finished Sweeping
I sat with Lao Tzu’s hardest idea for years. It reached me over a broom
Kibarashi: The Japanese Word for Cleaning When You Should Be Working
A diversion only clears your head when you forget it was supposed to.
Somen: The Japanese Summer Noodle that Never Changes
A simple 1,200-year-old dish that Japanese have come to love
Shinto Without Belief: Why the Japanese Still Bow at Shrines
I have prayed at shrines all my life and believe almost none of it
All of Osaka Performs a Rite that No One Quite Believes In
Tenjin Matsuri and the god who began as a curse