I'm a member of a photo club, the Hikari Shayukai, and we have a public exhibition at a local park every spring. This year's just finished, so it's time for a bit of reflection. Unlike past years, the exhibition this time was held the week…
Continue reading...I'm using that term "talk" cautiously, because I've had public effects and appeared on TV in Japanese before, but in terms of "standing at a podium giving a prepared presentation in Japanese," my first time was October 21st, 2025. The Hikari Community Development Support Center,…
Continue reading...Yamaguchi has the pretty, is all I'm saying. Pictures include fall leaves at Kuroiwakyo (Black Rock Gorge) north of Hikari (pics 1-5), Hofu Tenmangu shrine (6-8), and the mountains around Heta outside of Shunan (9, 10).
Continue reading...My latest article about Yamaguchi sake is now live on nippon.com. This one takes a deeper look at the terroir based philosophy of sake star Nagayama Takahiro of Nagayama Honke, maker of the esteemed Taka label. Take a look! “Terroir Japonaise”: Japan’s Sake Meets France’s…
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