Japanese Zen Gardens (picture blog) |
Have you been to the Japanese Garden in Portland? If you live in Portland and if you have not done that, do your part. Go there. It is not a bad Kare Sansui (Japanese Rock Ga...
Posted by benkei on Mon, 19 Mar 2007 05:13:00 PST |
Glutton's Karma 2 |
As you may remember from my previous posting, I was having this stomach ache right after coming back from Japan. For 3 days I lived on smoothies and Doritos (I had this strange craving). Event...
Posted by benkei on Wed, 14 Mar 2007 06:31:00 PST |
Cherry Blossoms |
March is here. And as you may know, it is almost "Hanami" (cherry blossom viewing) season in Japan... Party Time! Drink! Eat ! Sing!! Heeeha!!! Where is Sake?! Bring it on!! (When the Japanese are...
Posted by benkei on Tue, 06 Mar 2007 09:41:00 PST |
Glutton's Karma |
In physics, you learn that when there is an action, there will be a reaction. As it has turned out, this law kicks in when you eat too much as well.... Whele I was in Tokyo, my friends and people I ha...
Posted by benkei on Thu, 01 Mar 2007 10:21:00 PST |
Tree feeler, (not tree hugger) |
I am a tree feeler. No, no. Not a tree hugger. I don't hug trees. I just touch them. This may sound so new-age. But actually it is a very old-age thing. What you do is applying some Chinese techniq...
Posted by benkei on Sun, 25 Feb 2007 09:52:00 PST |
May the Force be with you.... |
I am sure some of you have seen a Chinese old man waiving his arms like birds and moving around. No, he is not crazy. Nor is he possessed by the spirit of the Big Bird. No. He is just practicing Tai ...
Posted by benkei on Wed, 21 Feb 2007 06:56:00 PST |
Starving AFTER dinner in Tokyo |
I was staying the ANA Tokyo Hotel in Roppongi. There was a restaurant called Cascade in the hotel. They serve very good breakfast (they'd better for $20!). One night I went there for a dinner. I ...
Posted by benkei on Mon, 19 Feb 2007 06:10:00 PST |
Tokyo Marathon, Sushi during Pregrancy.... |
Tokyo marathon is coming! On Feb/18, the downtown Tokyo will be stampeded by 30,000 runners who gathers from the all over the world. There will be 5,000 policemen for trafic control, 600 toilets, and ...
Posted by benkei on Sat, 17 Feb 2007 09:52:00 PST |
English School in trouble, Murakami Haruki's latest work... |
NOVA in trouble? 2/16/11:13 Mainichi Shinbun. According to Mainishi Newspaper, the Ministory of Economy and Industry and the Tokyo Metropolitan government have launched an investigation on NOVA, the l...
Posted by benkei on Fri, 16 Feb 2007 02:10:00 PST |
My high tech toilet experience |
- still have this stomach ache. Can't eat much. Auch! - I mentioned "Washlet" in my blog before. But here is my experience with a Japanese high tech toilet. I was at a new office building in Toky...
Posted by benkei on Thu, 15 Feb 2007 09:37:00 PST |
