Anyone lucky enough to visit Prince Edward Island in early summer will surely have noticed the colorful swaths of flowering lupines. The vivid blooming spikes of Large-leaved Lupines…
Nothing says Japanese garden more distinctly than a stone lantern. Known as ishi-dōrō in Japanese, these beautiful stone carvings are the most popular and recognizable feature in a Japanese…
A visit to Japan wouldn’t be complete without visiting a Japanese garden. Or in our case, visiting dozens of Japanese gardens! We explored gardens at temples, shrines, palaces,…
One of the highlights of my recent trip to Japan was observing the wild snow monkeys at the Jigokudani Monkey Park. The snow monkeys or, more accurately, Japanese…
On the fifth day of the fifth month, Japan celebrates Children’s Day with a visual feast of koi nobori (carp streamers) flying in the skies. By tradition, individual…