Words and Pictures

Sometimes the very best images are found right in your own home or apartment. This particular picture of a Japanese doll, dressed in a white kimono, was bathed in the light of a rising sun in our apartment in Beijing. Don’t overlook such moments.

Japan has always been a part of my life. Why? Because I was born there. I didn’t live there very long, in fact, I don’t even remember it because we moved to California just six weeks after my birth. Nevertheless, Japan has been a part of my consciousness and identity all of my life. Any [...]

I was on a business trip in Tokyo and got up early before the rest of the city to catch a train to Asakusa Temple. By the time I arrived the sun had risen but the place was nearly deserted as people were just beginning to head off to work. I love Japanese design: the [...]