August 2019

The Ninth Wonder of the World
Rocks, rocks, rocks… Trees, trees, trees…
The Floating World

The Floating World

During Japan’s Edo period the phrase “the floating world” evoked an imagined universe of wit, stylishness, and extravagance—with overtones of naughtiness, hedonism, and transgression. But that’s not the floating world…

Welcome!

Welcome!

The Islands are full of unexpected, sometimes amusing, things. In the Octopus Islands, someone once left a bit of driftwood in an old shack to commemorate their visit. Now it’s…