Wishing everyone good health, loving relationships, and much happiness for 2018! In Japan, we follow the Chinese 12 zodiac animals. This year is the 11th animal in the zodiac, the year of the Dog! Just as the dog is known as man’s best friend, people born in the year of the dog are loyal, honest, …
Do you believe in destiny? Do you think you have a soulmate? In Japan, it is believed that some of us are destined to be with a particular partner in this life. An invisible red string connects your fingers together. This is called the red string of fate. In Japanese, they say, “Akai ito de …
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This is a guest post by: Marcus Clark Everyone knows the stereotypical ways that society tells us to increase our motivation – listening to ‘hype’ music, reading inspirational quotes, competing with others, etc. If these ways were as successful as people made out, we wouldn’t struggle to self-motivate so much! Here are 7 surprising …
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In this summer heat, you may not think about having a hot cup of tea. But, sometimes it just solves all your small problems that are really not worth worrying about. In Asia consuming something something hot in hot weather is considered good. This is because it gets your sweat glands and circulation going when …
Have you ever read or received feng shui advice that really didn’t make sense to you? Sometimes I read other feng shui advice on the internet and I just have to shake my head. For example, someone advised painting a laundry room purple to bring in more finances. A reader claimed they followed instructions and lo …
Every night I open my mini ipad and read the news. So much negativity, so much “bad” news. Some nights I find my stomach churning from the unsettling articles. I don’t like being so sensitive, but that’s the way I’m wired. Finally, this morning I thought to myself, “why do I read this stuff? I …
Do you believe in the exchange if energies? In feng shui, we are taught that everything in the universe is a vibrating energy, which we call chi or qi. Not only live things such as plants and animals have chi, but objects, images and even empty spaces all have chi. Therefore, everything in our environment, …
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This question is from one of my readers. It’s also a very common question that I get often. What is the best direction for the front door? There are many different feng shui schools. So depending on which school you follow, you will get a different answer. Some emphasize that the cardinal direction of the …
Contribution from freelance writer Jocelyn Brown. For decades, Asian culture has shown an affinity for animation and computer games…
Safeco Field is the home to the Seattle Mariners baseball team. Located just outside of the field’s left gate stands an iconic bronze…
This is a guest post by Jocelyn Brown. Feng-Shui is the ancient Chinese practice of creating harmony in the environment by letting energy flow freely through spaces. In doing so, it promotes or attracts prosperity, good health, happiness and flow energy levels in the environment to attract happiness and feeling of well-being. It is anchored on …
It’s been over a year since we moved from the city to the country. Enumclaw, is beginning to feel like home now. The people are kind, friendly and good. When we first moved here, my jobs still took me back to the city. It was still winter, and by 5:00 p.m. it was already dark. I …
Today March 3rd is Girl’s Day in Japan. I was thinking about this all day today. Girl’s Day. I don’t know any other country that actually has a Girl’s Day celebration. If I’m wrong and ignorant, please let me know. I want to know if anyplace else in the world celebrates Girl’s Day. What a …
The Japanese New Year is on January 1st, which has come and gone. The Chinese New Year based on the lunar calendar changes every year. This year it falls on January 28, 2017. In both countries, under the Chinese zodiac, it’s the year of the rooster, or as we say in Japanese, “Tori Doshi.” They …
May 2017 bring good health, much love and joy to you and your family. In Japan, if there is a death in the family during the past year, it is customary not to send New Year’s greetings. With the loss of my father near the end of last year, our family had a very quiet …
