Profiles

Our Lives / Profiles Dec 22, 2012

Dutchman keeps paper-making traditions alive at his Shikoku studio

by Mami Maruko

Rogier Uitenboogaart, who has been charmed by the world of washi (traditional Japanese paper) for the past three decades — especially its deep relationship with nature and people's everyday lives — is trying to help preserve both nature and the traditional craft in this ...

Our Lives / Profiles Dec 15, 2012

Writer, teacher, advocate finds her stride in the Japanese countryside

by Kris Kosaka

For Jane Joritz-Nakagawa, her sociopolitical outlook colors all aspects of her life, as a writer, educator or activist. "Activism runs through what I read and what I write and what I'm teaching; It's all one big thing, as the same mindset invades all those ...