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Treasure Ship – 宝船・ Ship Stone – 船石 explained

What I always tried to find out was the relationship between the Treasure Ship (takarabune) with the Seven Lucky Gods (shichifukujin), and the Ship …

You may remember my blog post about this Ryokan from back in early 2019. Now, one year later, I finally finished the eBook about this …

My first trip to Kyoto was back in April 2006. On my list were many famous temples including Daitoku-ji. However, I didn’t visit the Zuiho-in …

Summer is a living nightmare for most in Japan with temperatures only getting higher in recent years. As a professional gardener living and working …

Hi there! If you follow us on Social Media, you will know that I had my Kiyosumi garden tour on June 15. And I did …

Karikomi is a special design and pruning technique in a Japanese garden which is often seen done with plants of the Rhododendron family in Japan. …

Years ago I frequently visited Kamakura with its many temples. While I visited really a lot of temples, one temple listed on our website I …

You might think, real Japanese gardens can be found within Kyoto alone. Today I want to convince you that this is not true. There are …

This book announcement is very special! It is the first time I am not announcing one of our common books sold on Gumroad, but, with …

Being involved in a time-consuming publishing process on Amazon, I am very happy I finally found the time to write a new eBook for Real …