"Even major nuclear powers/ Have been completely flustered/ By an enemy as small as 0.1 micron." Tanka poems composed by Dokuho Okada, a Buddhist monk in Mihara, Hiroshima Prefecture, had a grain of ...

After months of wearing masks as a matter of habit, we were told the other day that it’s now a “matter of personal choice.” This is certainly a milestone of sorts, but we’d be wise to not let our ...

Welcome to a poetic exploration of restaurant cuisine! We are about to describe delicious dishes in a unique style called tanka poems. Think of it as a journey through food, where we use words to ...

Welcome to a poetic exploration of restaurant food like you have never experienced before. We are about to take you on a mouthwatering journey through delicious dishes, using the elegant form of tanka ...

I recently read a book titled “Manyoshu was Hyangga” written by Kim Young-hoi. The book portrays a majority of ancient Japanese poems in “Manyoshu” ― a collection of a certain type of Japanese poetry ...

Striking a match / momentarily / I see the foggy ocean – / is there a motherland / I can dedicate myself to? [ The translation of above quote is by Ms. Kozue Uzawa and Ms. Amelia Fielden cited from ...