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Treasures from Heaven

Photo by Kenjiro Yagi on Unsplash

Nov 20

Japanese little girl admires a red leaf

Nov 20

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A Rock has a Hundred Faces

A noir tale of beauty and butchery told by a Japanese gardener

Feb 6, 2022

Japanese ukiyo-e woodblock print of ladies in kimono viewing cherry blossoms

Feb 6, 2022

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Zen for Beginners

or ‘Camellia Macabre,’ in which a foreign monk dreams of a Zen koan from which he awakes to find himself inside a noir nightmare

Dec 5, 2020

Zen for Beginners

Dec 5, 2020

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Kyoto Time

BASED ON A TRUE STORY of a woman who faces danger buoyed by the strength of her cultural values in Japan’s ancient capital

Jun 25, 2021

A dimly lit Kyoto street lined with traditional bars and restaurants

Jun 25, 2021

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How to Eat Ramen

My brain always retreated to its reptilian roots for the swamp-like summer, when the only happy creatures in Kyoto were lazy frogs and…

Oct 23, 2020

How to Eat Ramen

Oct 23, 2020

Cold Waterfall

Kazu sat in the freezing waterfall beside the white-bearded yamabushi. The mountain priest’s temple lay below. Kazu knew it from hikes in…

Dec 10, 2023

Cold Waterfall

Dec 10, 2023

Tofu, Thank You ...

from the bottom of my heart

Jun 22, 2023

Tofu, Thank You ...

Jun 22, 2023

Private Tutor to the Gods

Who was Tera, the woman who answered Jeremy’s ad, and what did she want from him?

Oct 22, 2022

Private Tutor to the Gods

Oct 22, 2022

There are Two Ways to Walk from San Francisco to New York City

Meditation is not concentration

Jun 11, 2022

There are Two Ways to Walk from San Francisco to New York City

Jun 11, 2022

Gaijin’s Redemption

What happens in Kyoto changes your life and stays with you for a lifetime

May 7, 2022

People crossing a bridge in the rain in Kyoto, by Utagawa Hiroshige, 1835, Japanese ukiyo-e woodblock print「糺川原之夕立（ただすがわらのゆうだち）」歌川広重天保５

May 7, 2022

Steve Benfey

Steve Benfey

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How, hi are you? I’m a writer living in rural Japan. My writing expresses the spirit of living the way I do or did — in consensus reality and otherwise.

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