Empowerment of Women in Medieval Times and Kana Shodo
17/09/2019From BBC’s announcement to raise its female presenters’ salaries significantly to the ECB and European Commision’s nominations of Christine Lagarde…
Is it Bad to be Too Decorative ?
28/03/2015The famous German architect Bruno Taut, who influenced modern architects such as Le Corbusier, fled from the Nazis and lived…
How are Kana Shodo Culture, the opera “ Madame Butterfly ”, and Japanese Aesthetics related?
27/02/2014The opera “ Madame Butterfly ” was written by the Italian composer Puccini in 1904, based on the short story…
Why the World Would End without Stroke Orders
01/08/2013“Help me. I am having an argument with my Japanese teacher.” A friend of mine named Jochen who just started…
The Beauty of Inefficiency: A story about Traditional Hiragana
22/03/2013My grandmother is one of the last generations to use the old Hiragana in daily life. By contrast, my Father,…
