Japan
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Celebration Day — fourteen / Yukio Mishima
In 1925, on this day, January 14, the novelist Yukio Mishima was born as Kimitake Hiroaka, in Nagazumi-cho 2-chome, Yotsuya-ku, Tokyo City, Tokyo Prefecture, Empire of Japan In 1982, a Cutty Sark ad with a portrait of Philip Glass caught my eye. In his hand he held a bunch of music notes, and in the…
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Cha An Teahouse — Japan in New York City
Today I walked to one of the most wonderful cities in the world. After taking the #6 train to ‘Little Tokyo’, I walked east out of the Astor Place station, up to 9th Street, and within minutes found myself in front of Cha An. This teahouse is in an area where Japanese restaurants, shops, tea…
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From Rags to Riches – A Fashion Misinterpretation
Upon the return of an old Japanese soul to planet earth, if it were to find itself on the western hemisphere — midtown Manhattan, Milan or in a secluded town of Minnesota — watching a multitude of individuals wearing torn jeans and seeing these garment pieces in store windows with similar or even more expensive…
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Coffee is always a Story
If you can not tell a story, if you can not listen to stories, why be part of any?
Sila Blume 