Maybe farmers will be – thanking God, for the black gold in their farmyards. “The glass pyramid in the courtyard of the Louvre Museum in Paris has a transparent coating that has an antifouling effect upon exposure to natural light” (www.japan.go.jp) Dr. Akira Fujishima, a Japanese researcher, was the first person to discover the photocatalysis […]

Shipping when you buy from our store

We are only small – but we do ship to Australia, Japan, USA, Europe and the UK using Royal Mail tracked and signed for services for visability. – posting in recycled packaging and hopefully weather proof plastic envelopes. Delivery to Australia and Japan is meant to take about 5-7 working days. (We would ship to […]

‘That men do not learn very much from the lessons of history ‘ -Aldous Huxley

Trying not to think about what our politicians are up to but wonder if any of them focus anymore on the real politics of everyday – schools, crimes, NHS… We should feel our country is in a ‘safe pair of hands’ but often feels the opposite – more like they make things up as they […]

Goliath

We decided to battle with a tree we loved dancing and blowing in the winds. Its three trunks had reached almost 15 metres but had been planted 5-6 metres from our home. A plant man identified it as the same family as Californian Redwood and looking at the foliage, probably a Japanese Red Cedar or […]

Ura-Bon Festival

In Japan held in the middle of the seventh month – a time to pray for the peaceful rest of ancestors and is a time when deceased family members are believed to revisit the home to be reunited with their family. Little similar to Loi Krathong in Thailand and All Souls in November To guide […]

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Saeko

Little bird flying high, dropped a package from the sky..

Shipping when you buy from our store

‘That men do not learn very much from the lessons of history ‘ -Aldous Huxley

Goliath

Ura-Bon Festival