Outside, bamboo stems are decorated with hanging chains featuring 108 faceted crystals. The number of crystals represents the 108 Buddhist prayer beads conventionally used to count the number of ...

Bamboo weaving nonetheless remains a fringe art in Japan. TAI Modern believes that there are fewer than 50 full-time professional bamboo artists making original works in the country today.

Forest bathing helped to kintsugi (“golden repair” in Japanese) my heart. Conversations blossomed. It showed me who I was outside of the city and off the insanity of social media.

Outside a cedar and bamboo gate, you can see the entrance to Gray's Strolling Garden, which on a little more than an acre makes up the main section of the Garden of Gentle Breeze. Gray said he was ...