the writings, musings, and photography of a dream smith
is for natsu, or the Japanese word for Summer. It's hard to talk about Japan without talking about summer. The smells, sights, and sounds of the season are distinct. Shaved ice, night markets, greasy foods on a stick –– while American county fairs are for a couple of weekends in July, Japan celebrates summer for a…
is for yama, or the Japanese word for Mountains. Ever since I was little, I've always lived in nature. But nature for me was rivers and forests, not the sprawling, towering landscapes of Japan. There's not much flat area here. Peppered even in the middle of rice fields, small hills bubble up from the depths of…
