As the Leaf Turns
14 Dec
Japanese people have a deep rooted affinity with nature that touches upon nearly every aspect of their culture. This is most obvious to me in family names, so many of which can translate easily into some natural landmark, plant, or animal. There’s lots of “Rock River”s (Ishikawa), “Long Isand”s (Nagashima), “Forest Mountain”s (Moriyama), and “Harmony Field”s (Wada). Even [...]
