Taro Okamoto 1
One day I saw a pair of Oshira deities at a museum in Morioka. One was…
by tomomi.paromita 26 December 2020
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by tomomi.paromita 26 December 2020
Grandmother’s story
This is not a translation, but I just thought I might write about my paternal grandmother.…
by tomomi.paromita 14 August 2020
Kazuko Mogami 3
Third and last (for the moment) entry introducing the words of Kazuko Mogami (1, 2), an…
by tomomi.paromita 16 July 2020
Kazuko Mogami 2
Second translation entry of inspiring tweets from Kazuko Mogami, a Butoh practitioner. 31st May The act of…
by tomomi.paromita 15 July 2020
Kazuko Mogami 1
Kazuko Mogami is a Butoh practitioner. Her Butoh is named Gensho (“primitive”) Butoh. After working at…
by tomomi.paromita 14 July 2020
Chuzaburoh Tanaka 2
This is another episode from Chuzaburoh’s writings. At the time when there was no electricity, all…
by tomomi.paromita 26 June 2020
Chuzaburoh Tanaka 1
You might have heard about Chikuzan Takahashi. He was a master tsugaru-shamisen (a string instrument) player…
by tomomi.paromita 8 June 2020
Noriko Ibaraki’s poems
I am introducing two poems of Noriko Ibaraki. The first is her most known poem that…
by tomomi.paromita 26 May 2020
Rokkon-Shohjoh
On my birthday, I am sharing one of my favourite mantras from Japanese Shinto tradition. It…
by tomomi.paromita 15 May 2020
Tempu’s story
This is something I shared with my guru siblings. It is from a speech by Tempu…
by tomomi.paromita 7 April 2020