It is often said that Japanese cuisine is not for eating, but for looking at.
Anyone who sees that freshly cooked, pure white rice, how it lets warm steam rise from under the quickly lifted lid, how it lies piled up in the black container and how each individual grain shines like a pearl, will, if he is a Japanese, really feel the awe of the rice.
Jochen Dreckmann | "Mittelpunkte", September 2018
When trees fall, they are not dead. They just start their second secret life as wood. They take their memories and their character with them. You can feel this when