American Mishima

It was a cold Winter’s Solstice of 2009 that I was saddened to hear the news of the untimely death of the actress Brittany Murphy. She had ...

I have been working on my current novel for some time now. Originally I wrote the first Act of Dorama Haiku - Gaikoku no Higeki aka a Foreig...

Japanese swordsmanship has always been a favorite of mine. And as such, I have sought out the Samurai Arts and have trained over the last...

As you might have guessed, I love Samurai films. Particularly Samurai films with Toshiro Mifune. Now and then I am lucky enough to catch a c...

It had been well over a month since the new statue of Kobo Daishi had made it's appearence at the front entrance of the Koyasan Buddist ...

One can never underestimate the power and majesty opera can have on one’s senses. As clearly demonstrated with last year’s visually stunnin...