October 14, 2014 ◆ Charles Dunbar Night falls, and you feel something watching you. Its an uneasy feeling, exacerbated by the fact that each time… Read More
Yokai Nation Blog Series #2: The Mystery of Yokai
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Yokai Nation Blog Series #1: Kappa
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October 5, 2014 ◆ Charles Dunbar My next lecture will be called “Yokai Nation:” From the Meiji period to today, Japanese monsters have fascinated audiences… Read More
Just practice
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October 3, 2014 ◆ Deborah Klens-Bigman, Ph.D So many videos, so little time. Back in the days before YouTube, some budo colleagues and I used… Read More
A tea ceremony is a mystery-solving game
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October 1, 2014 ◆ Shuntaro Kondo I talked about the origin of the tea room (cha-shitsu) in my last article. I will continue to cover… Read More
A community of jodoka
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September 21, 2014 ◆ Deborah Klens-Bigman Last week, several students and I attended a jodo gasshuku (literally, a “training camp” – or seminar) in the… Read More
Shadows, Tea, and Video Game Jazz
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September 16, 2014 ◆ George Tsouris The title of the event, Far East Near East ~Hip Art Japan~, and the nature of this event resembling… Read More
