1. Tatsuro Kiuchi via

    Tatsuro Kiuchi

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  2. My Matcha Bowl →

    I’ve been on a bit of a blog hiatus while I compile media from my summer journey to show off, but in the meantime, I’d appreciate it if you would check out this piece I wrote for the TOKY blog. (I even delve into a bit of stuff from my trip!)

  3. I don’t know how one artist can pack so much awesomeness into one composition. And then do that a million times over. More here via

    I don’t know how one artist can pack so much awesomeness into one composition.

    And then do that a million times over.

    More here

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  4. Bent by the Sun →

    Japan’s tradition of sustainability.

    Tsunekazu Nishioka, considered the last of the great Japanese temple carpenters, at whose workshop I studied for three years, was telling me how dismantling a 1300-year-old temple provided him the opportunity to study the ring structure of the old columns, which he estimated had been cut when they were 1000 years old. “So,” I observed, “the tree was 1000 years old when the temple was built, and the temple is 1300 years old now, so in all we’re talking about a time span of 2300 years.…” “Yes,” he replied. “And compared to that, a human lifespan is next to nothing.

  5. Cool Japanese manhole covers. via

    Cool Japanese manhole covers.

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  6. Cabel Sasser visits the Kashiwa Mystery Cafe →

    cubicle17:

    Explaining why it’s a “mystery cafe” will ruin the story. (via waxy)

  7. Brilliant.

    This too.

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