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Country Gentleman: Epidemic disaster versus balance with nature

The most treasured object in my study is an old Inuit lamp. The spellings of Inu…

(2020/3/4)

Country Gentleman: Sommeliers, panniers, and wine

Nowadays, if you go into a restaurant and order wine, an elegant waiter or waitr…

(2019/7/3)

Country Gentleman: Owls in Japan's Afan woodland

While I write this spring, my grateful thoughts go to the owls that have raised …

(2019/6/5)

Country Gentleman: A surprise meeting with the Crown Prince

I first came to Japan in the 37th Year of the Showa era, two years before the 19…

(2019/5/12)

Country Gentleman: The beginning of a new era

I came to Japan for the very first time in the 37th year of the Showa era. I bec…

(2019/5/9)

Country Gentleman: Tanuki not the best choice as pets

When I first came to Japan in the early 1960s I was fascinated by stories about …

(2019/3/7)

Country Gentleman: The return of horses to rural lifestyles

Fifty years ago I was employed by the Wildlife Department of the Imperial Govern…

(2018/11/14)

Country Gentleman: Being the new kid in the forest

Yoshio, my neighbor, is a fulltime farmer. When I first came to live in Kurohime…

(2018/10/3)

Country Gentleman: Campfires and forest fires

Recently I have been horrified, but not especially surprised, by the spate of hu…

(2018/9/5)

Country Gentleman: The benefits of farming the old-fashioned way

We began keeping two horses, Yukimaru and Chachamaru, for the purpose of pulling…

(2018/8/16)

Country Gentleman: Blood-sucking insects leave their mark

Living in the Japanese countryside gives me an understanding, plus some sympathy…

(2018/8/8)

Country Gentleman: Living and learning with mountain cherry trees

The cherry blossom season is over in Tokyo, but I woke this morning here in Kuro…

(2018/5/16)

Country Gentleman: The woods burst to life with tasty butterburs

Spring on our doorstep, rings of bare ground around the trunks of trees, snow me…

(2018/4/19)

Country Gentleman: The comforting sight of stacked firewood in autumn

A comforting sight in the countryside is neatly stacked firewood. However, this…

(2017/11/22)

While I was in the Arctic this summer, and also since I returned to Nagano in Au…

(2017/10/26)