2021.07.01

Tsuyu Rhythms

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The sky feels closer with the looming clouds hanging heavy with rain. As we shift into tsuyu season, everyday life can sometimes seem a little onerous: our f...

2021.05.11

Sensing Spring

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Oumi sheds its winter skin, and new life bursts from the moist ground that has been storing warmth from longer sunlit days.  In April, there are signs of wi...

2021.03.13

Warmth

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Warmth In February, snow flurries down like feathers, blanketing the mountains in white. Even when the cloud cover grows thick and the Lake Biwa waters turn ...

2020.11.10

On time and community

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On time and community On the harvest moon, Lake Biwa’s waters were lit throughout the night thanks to the gentle fall winds that cleared the air. As the sun...

2020.09.25

It’s in the water

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It’s in the water  We often hear people attribute soil nutrients, altitude, or climate as the cause of taste, but water less so. Here in Shiga, water is not ...