Category Archives: nihonbi tours

Tea picking tour in Shizuoka: Nihonbi/Ocharaka collaboration

Over the past couple of years I’ve begun to create and lead tours and hands-on experiences of Japanese culture for a foreign audience. While these tours tend to specialize in the more esoteric and exotic aspects of Japanese culture, they … Continue reading

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Nihon Mingeikan-75th Anniversary show

It seems fitting that my first post be about the Nihon Mingeikan- the Japan Folks Museum. Located in a quiet residential neighborhood of Tokyo, the museum is a testament to the vision of its founder, 19th century philosopher Soetsu Yanagi. … Continue reading

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