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Newly designed Issoan Tea Site now Live
Great news! The Issoan Tea Site is back up again. It is newly re-designed to make navigation much easier. (And updating much easier for me). Eventually, this blog will be incorporated into the site. I still have to figure out how to tranfer the archives here to get them to show up over …
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Michael Kenna in Hokkaido
I took the photo above rather in tribute to Michael Kenna. He is one of my favorite photographers. He first came to my attention about 15 years ago, and I have been following his career ever since. He works exclusively in Black and White film. His photos are a meditation just to look at …
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Matcha Tea Tasting with Aoi Tea Company
Last week I had an opportunity to attend a matcha tea tasting with the Aoi Tea company.
It was educational to see how they taste and grade matcha. To begin with, we looked at the tencha leaves. The tea plants for matcha are grown under shade, and the tender leaves are harvested, immediately steamed …
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Intensive Japanese Gardening in Japan
The Research Center for Japanese Garden Art and Historical Heritage is pleased to announce the 15th annual English language intensive course in the history, design theory, landscape ecology, and practice of the Japanese Garden.
The two-week program (July 30 -August 10, 2012) offers serious students from abroad a number of unique opportunities to study the …
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