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...
