Japanese Culture Quotes
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“The spring breeze felt like the warm breath of a child on Kumiko’s face. It played delicately with her hair like tiny fingers, and made the trees whisper a breathless song.”
― Love Connection: Romance in the Land of the Rising Sun
― Love Connection: Romance in the Land of the Rising Sun
“Even adults who were stiffened by the starch of their miserable lives, for whom breaking the stony discipline of austere and judgmental intolerance was usually off the table, melted in the magical luminescence and energetic charm of the pre-pubescent Ruka.”
― Love Connection: Romance in the Land of the Rising Sun
― Love Connection: Romance in the Land of the Rising Sun
“Hungry stomachs growl the same tune.”
― Love Connection: Romance in the Land of the Rising Sun
― Love Connection: Romance in the Land of the Rising Sun
“The optimism was like the sun after a long spell of clouds and rain, a euphoric rush which produced both envy and awe in anyone who had become jaded, resigned, who had given up on their dreams.”
― Love Connection: Romance in the Land of the Rising Sun
― Love Connection: Romance in the Land of the Rising Sun
“If they can’t get to Europe, they’ll find their way to a local theme-park Eiffel Tower. Even a place that we write off as “inauthentic,” they realize, can arouse emotions that are entirely authentic.”
― A Beginner's Guide to Japan: Observations and Provocations
― A Beginner's Guide to Japan: Observations and Provocations
“A lot of things we consider to be traditional culture unique to Japan are in reality social systems created quite recently.”
― Shots in the Dark: Japan, Zen, and the West
― Shots in the Dark: Japan, Zen, and the West
“Being able to take apart things we thought were real, and, conversely, seeing real Japanese culture in things that were thrust aside as fake—this kind of flexible thinking is important.”
― Shots in the Dark: Japan, Zen, and the West
― Shots in the Dark: Japan, Zen, and the West
“The main thing that resonated with me was that while all our companies might evolve to offer different services over time, the overall vision that took us there, and that we were trying to attain, wouldn’t change. That really stuck with me. And the same applies to your ikigai as well: Just because you know what drives you doesn’t mean you should stay in your comfort zone and focus on that solely.
It’s something you can come back to, and you need to be challenged and push the boundaries. But having a goal and a key driver is important. Think of ikigai as the fuel to your motor – you need to make the engine run.”
― A Little Book of Japanese Contentments: Ikigai, Forest Bathing, Wabi-sabi, and More
It’s something you can come back to, and you need to be challenged and push the boundaries. But having a goal and a key driver is important. Think of ikigai as the fuel to your motor – you need to make the engine run.”
― A Little Book of Japanese Contentments: Ikigai, Forest Bathing, Wabi-sabi, and More
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