Heading to your inbox: I’ll send you a question worth carrying into every sacred space in Japan — and why asking it returns answers no guidebook was going to give you.
Over the next two weeks: A few more pieces — on the scholar who’s spent thirty years translating Buddhist philosophy into language that actually lands, on what the Golden Pavilion looks like when you understand what it’s doing, and on the trip that puts all of it in the room with you. No pressure. Just the thing I actually think is worth knowing.
The trip this guide is built around: Japan in Autumn Colors — November 6–18, 2026, with scholar Prof. Malcolm David Eckel.
