American Mishima

Hatsumiyamairi - Baby's First Shrine Visit for a newborn baby is the first in a series of life cycle ceremonies in the Shinto Religion...

No New Years in Little Tokyo is not complete without the annual Kotohajime - First Performance of the year put on by the Japanese-American...

Oba The Last Samurai came out in Japanese theaters in February of this year. It is the true story of Captain Oba and his men who fight o...

So you are probably wondering why I have not written so much lately. We'll it's all led up to this beautiful moment some nine mont...

His Holiness the Dalai Lama looks on as monks from Koyasan chant before his public talk on "The Strength to Overcome Difficulties...

Six months later, Japan is still recovering from the black waters that swept away lives but not the resilience of the Japanese people to...

In this photo an archer of the Japan Equestrian Archery Association of the Takeda School of Horseback Archery taking aim at the ko-kasagak...