Footprints in the sand – A trip across the Japanese Inland Sea
First published 50 years ago, in 1971, The Inland Sea is a book based on a series of logbooks that long-time Japanese resident Donald…
Koyasan – The holy mountain of Buddhism
Takamasa Tsuchiya is a happy man. This father of two, a shiatsu therapist, accomplished musician and an ordained Buddhist monk calls the quaint mountain…
Balaton – Dolce Vita and culture around central Europe’s largest lake
Barely one hour away from the bustling metropolis of Budapest lies the largest lake in central Europe, the Balaton, also known as the Hungarian…
Home away from home – Europe’s largest Japanese garden in Kaiserslautern
Kaiserslautern is not the kind of place where you look for a piece of Japan. Nestled in the forests of the Palatinate, this town…
A vertical sea – exploring Liguria’s Cinque Terre on foot
These words of the Italian singer-songwriter Cristina Donà come to mind when I think of these few days lived as if in a dream…
A spiritual journey to Kyoto along the Kumano Kodo
One week to reach Kyoto from Tokyo, in a modern-day pilgrimage, taking in Kanazawa and rambling along the centuries-old trails of the Kii Mountain…
