A Longport condo celebrates family - Philadelphia Inquirer

A Longport condo celebrates family Philadelphia Inquirer (When the extended family does spend the weekend, it makes do with futons, blankets, and a sofa bed.) "The minute we get in the car and drive down here, ...

Zen and now: Japan's ryokans get a modern twist - The Guardian

The Guardian

Zen and now: Japan's ryokans get a modern twist The Guardian Inside they felt excitingly modern. There are western elements – high ceilings, low modern furniture designed to contemplate the river view, futons (rather ... and more »

More practical mobile hearth - BusinessWorld Online

BusinessWorld Online

More practical mobile hearth BusinessWorld Online The Town and Country pioneered the “stow n' go” seats -- a concept understood by Japanese and Koreans who live with daily keeping of futons in their ...

Zen and now: Japan's ryokans

Ryokans, the traditional, quintessentially Japanese, inns, are beginning to adopt modern western elements to create a cool 21st-century style mix Japan changes the way you think about life. It's like being beamed into an alternative reality, where optimism and respect permeate life, and modernism is fused with tradition to create exciting new possibilities of how to live. I'd organised my trip ...

Takamatsu then and now

In 1988 I was an awkward, dreamy kid with clumsy elbows and scraped knees, and Japan was a place I'd never even thought about. Impossibly far away and altogether foreign, it seemed fantastical. I had no idea back then that as an adult I'd keep being pulled back first by coincidence, next by work, then love, and afterwards simply by the desire to once again see cherry blossoms falling like snow ...