the qualia journal

I was 10 or so when I first saw My Fair Lady (film) . I was immediately fascinated by the whole ambience. At that time, video recorders and ...

I knew that Glenn Gould, my favorite pianist, used to like reading Kusamakura (Grass Pillow) of Soseki Natsume. Naturally, I have read the o...

The other day I visited a temple in the Hieizan mountain near Kyoto. I met with The Great Ajari Yusai Sakamoto, who completed the Sennichi K...

From my own experience, and from the general brain scientific point of view, writing has a special significance for the brain. My mentor at ...

There are certain cultural phenomena, which, due to the language barrier, cannot transcend easily to other nations. These are hidden treasur...

I had a public dialogue with the designer Taku Sato . in the Les Deux Magots Cafe Tokyo, Shibuya. Taku is widely known and appreciated for h...

The earliest memories have the strange impressions of defining the mythical in one's life. Some memories during my kindergarten days sta...

Clouds are always up in the sky, yet we do not attend to them. From time to time, when the shapes strike us as massive, and the angle of the...

Back in Tokyo, I am already immersed in a hectic work schedule. I had a quite stimulating dialogue with Dr. Hisashi Matsumoto, who is a flyi...

It used to be that when I go abroad and come back to Narita airport, I get into a mental zone of inverse cultural shock, finding the atmosph...

On my final day in London, I visited the British Museum with my co-travelers, and talked to Mr. Timothy Clark, head of the Japanese Section....

I visited Tate Britain and the National Gallery in London. One of the main purposes was to see the paintings by John Mallord William Turne...

I came to London for a magazine and book cover trip of the Tate and British Museum. I am staying just for two nights and then will be flying...

In a democracy, people have the power to oust the king, no matter how powerful he may be. For the last 25 years, I have been voting for the ...

Although the ending of the film is rather sad, the opening scene of "Easy Rider" always thrills me when I watch it. "Born to...

Bats are such fascinating creatures, by the very nature of their existence. The playing time passes quite rapidly for a child. In the olden ...

I was 25 or so when I first visited Madrid. I usually do not consult a travel guide except for the very basic information. So I entered the ...

Some things keep staying in mind, no matter how intractable they may be. When I read Roger Penrose's "The Emperor's New Mind...

I had a dialogue with the artist Rei Naito for a digital radio program by NHK. We have had several conversations before. Some of them has be...

I continued to stroll in the beautiful region of Takashima. In the Harie district, many houses are equipped with Kabata, a natural water poo...