Walk Japan’s ancient travellers’ highway for historic post towns, teahouses and mountain shrines
The Nakasendo road still exists in its entirety - as do dozens of the post towns it weaves between - and can form an epic ...
Smithsonian Magazine4d
A Blockbuster Exhibition on Samurai Reveals How the Warriors Dressed the Part
The display of exquisite samurai armor in Oklahoma highlights the importance of aesthetics to Japan's famed fighters ...
Island5d
On education and schools
Usvatte-aratchi Two thoughtful short essays on schools and education appeared in The Island newspaper on January 20th and 21st. The first was written by Lokubandara Tillakaratne, and the second by ...