Naturalization, Japanese identity, multi-culturalism, borderless

Closing Shikoku 88, o-henro, Koya-san

Ertuğrul Faciası, Kushimoto

Leadership, NPOs

One year ago around this time, I started my first o-henro around Shikoku 88. I finished it on May 1st. I felt a deep connection to the...

One of the unique adventures in Japan is the route of 88 temples around the island of Shikoku. It is an invitation for an inner journey.

This morning, on my last day in Ulsan, I went to Taehwagang National Garden. It was bigger than I thought and had a great bamboo grove....

Over the weekend, I watched the recent Wim Wenders film, Perfect Days. It is an unusual story of an usual person in Tokyo. We could see...

When we try to learn something, our conditioning from early school years is to take notes. If we don't take notes, we may miss important...

「吾唯足知」,（われ、ただ足るを知る）, 14 mindfulness trainings, freedom, 龍安寺

I get many questions about my mother language, Turkish, from Japanese and non-Japanese colleagues and friends. I will keep updating this...

Japanese language, karaoke

This was yesterday early morning after the rain on the previous day. So fresh and alive. There is much more I can add by words. The...

Iwaya-ji, Shikoku 88

Gratitude, legacy, o-henro, Shikoku 88

As I mentioned in another post, one of the guides who worked at the first Shikoku 88 temple gave me this box of Caloriemate. Step by step,...

A 100 years ago today, Turkey started a new chapter on freedom and catching up with the realities of the 20th century. We owe who we are...

Diversity, fluid identity, evolution

O-henro, Shikoku, 88, pilgrimage, the path

Self-retreat, Mindfulness, Kyoto, Kurama Temple, Kifune Shrine