Jun 28, 20201 min read
Photo of the week (posted 28 June 2020)
Japan’s Northern Alps in autumn viewed from near Ōmachi, Nagano Prefecture. Mt Fuji is well-known as Japan’s highest peak (3776 m),...
Jun 28, 20203 min read
Flourless and low-flour baking and cooking, the Japanese way
#japanesefood #japanesesweets #flourless #potato #sweetpotato #adzuki With the shortage of flour in supermarkets since the COVID-19...
Jun 28, 20203 min read
‘True blue’: a story of an unassuming Australian native plant, Japanese art, kimono and bushtucker
#foraging #bushtucker #sansai #japanesefood #japanblue #ukiyoe The ‘scurvy weed’ or Commelina cyanea, is a trailing native perennial...
Jun 27, 20205 min read
Japanese ‘roji’: a garden path to your mind and spirit—Part 2
#japanesegarden #zengarden #chanoyu #chado #teaceremony #nativeplants Continued from Part 1 The COVID-19 lockdown in the first part of...
Jun 27, 20204 min read
Japanese ‘roji’: a garden path to your mind and spirit—Part 1
#japanesegarden #zengarden #chanoyu #chado #teaceremony #nativeplants ‘Roji’ is a type of Japanese garden style associated with the...
Jun 27, 20206 min read
Northern Kyūshū: a treasure trove of traditional crafts—Part 1
#Japantravel #Kyushu #craft #handmade #ceramics #weaving #kasuri #naturaldye #indigo #japanblue #papercraft #washi #bamboocraft...
Jun 27, 20205 min read
Northern Kyūshū: a treasure trove of traditional crafts—Part 2
#japantravel #Kyushu #craft #handmade #ceramics #weaving #kasuri #naturaldye #indigo #japanblue #papercraft #washi #bamboocraft...
Jun 9, 20203 min read
The nugget effect: 'imo-mochi' (Japanese sticky potato cake) & memories of the Victorian Goldfields
29 May 2020; photography: April 2019 in Clunes, Maryborough, Talbot and Melbourne, Victoria #visitvictoria, #goldfields, #Japanfood,...
Jun 7, 20201 min read
Photo of the week (posted 7 June 2020)
A farmhouse in the countryside near Tokamachi, Niigata Prefecture, central Japan. The area is in the heart of Japan's Yukiguni ('Snow...
Jun 6, 20206 min read
Kiso Valley—so much more than the Nakasendo trail walking
Many Australians visit the Kiso Valley in central Japan to walk the historical Nakasendō trail. But the valley offers much much more...
