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Winter strips away all but what is essential. Nothing is missing.
Winter strips away all but what is essential. Nothing is missing.
Hiro Ohta
Hiro Ohta
The boat never resists the current. Therefore, the boat is never consumed. Never lost.
We spend a lifetime searching for a key. Then, we realize. Doors were open all along.
Maybe is not weakness. It is the language being honest with ourselves. Maybe.
– Capitol Hotel, Tokyo
Maybe is not weakness. It is the language being honest with ourselves. Maybe.
– Capitol Hotel, Tokyo
Japan’s Defense Ministry communications mast. Tokyo’s third tower. The most unadorned. Yet the most burdened. The least known. Yet the most knowing.
– Defense Ministry, Ichigaya, Tokyo
A rushed bao is a commodity. A savored bao is a ceremony.
A rushed bao is a commodity. A savored bao is a ceremony.
150 years ago, the Japanese encountered the English phrase “I love you.” They froze. The direct translation was too explicit. According to legend, an educator offered an alternative: “The moon is beautiful, isn’t it?”
