#japan

Yet for the first time in three days, I want something. I want the forest lord to turn me into a cedar. The very oldest islanders say that if you are in the interior mountains on the night when the forest lord counts his trees, he includes you in the number and turns you into a tree. ↗

— David Mitchell

#japan #dreams

Haiku is not a shriek, a howl, a sigh, or a yawn; rather, it is the deep breath of life. ↗

— Santoka Taneda

#creating #haiku #japanese #poetry #zen

This is kaiju!" Yojiro barked. "When did they ever give a damn about adhering to science! ↗

— Hiroshi Yamamoto

#japan #kaiju #monster #science #science

Too lazy to be ambitious, I let the world take care of itself. Ten days' worth of rice in my bag; a bundle of twigs by the fireplace. Why chatter about delusion and enlightenment? Listening to the night rain on my roof, I sit comfortably, with both legs stretched out. ↗

— Ryokan

#buddhist #hermit #japan #japanese #monk

Ichigo Ichie --Nishikado Soujiroh ↗

— Yoko Kamio

#hana-yori-dango #japanese #manga #manga

So that between the Cape of St. Maria and Japan we were four months and twenty-two days; at which time there were no more than six besides myself that could stand upon his feet. ↗

— William Adams

#between #cape #could #days #feet

I cook everything. I love Mediterranean cooking, I love Asian cooking. I do lots of Japanese noodles. ↗

— Ted Allen

#cook #cooking #everything #i #i do

When you look at Japanese traditional architecture, you have to look at Japanese culture and its relationship with nature. You can actually live in a harmonious, close contact with nature - this very unique to Japan. ↗

— Tadao Ando

#architecture #close #contact #culture #harmonious

Unfortunately I put the opening date on the 5th of December 1941 and on the 7th of December the Japanese bombarded Pearl Harbour. My dream of a theater in Washington D.C. came to a prompt end. ↗

— Leon Askin

#came #date #december #dream #end

I think and hope and believe that the Japanese government and the people of Japan will be happy and content with the progress of justice in this case and that it will not become a great issue in the future. ↗

— Howard Baker

#become #believe #case #content #future