by Ose John | Jan 25, 2018 | ARI, Nagawamachi, Tokyo
If you want to know the truth of who you are, walk until not a person knows your name. Travel is the great leveler, the great teacher, bitter as medicine, crueler than mirror-glass. A long stretch of road will teach you more about yourself than a hundred years of...
by little1 | Jan 24, 2018 | Food, Nagawamachi, Tokyo
We’ve crossed the halfway point of our time in Japan. The big blue sky and it’s many blushing shades, fully tummies and happy tastebuds, and seeing big smiles on the faces of new friends are my treasures this trip. Thankful for...
by Mickey TerLouw | Jan 22, 2018 | ARI, Nagawamachi
If you’ve never grown your own food, it can be hard to really think about the process. When you only see the end product, the process is obscured – but I’ve found that experiencing the product makes the process that much more satisfying. On our first day at ARI, we...
by Honda Sakura | Jan 19, 2018 | Nagawamachi, Tokyo
It has been almost two weeks since our class got a second prompt to think about and write about. That prompt went like this: what is the natural landscape of Japan like? As soon as I heard that prompt, I said to my professor, “isn’t it hard for us to find natural...
by Ose John | Jan 19, 2018 | ARI, Nagawamachi, Tokyo
Throughout our time in Japan so far, we have had the privilege to experience everything from Tokyo rush hour to the inner workings of a rural Japanese sustainable farm. Throughout all of the changes that we have gone through, one thing has remained constant: the...
