Dr. Weil in Japan 2015
This rare tea bowl (considered a national treasure) came from the MOA Museum and is valued at $50,000. I'm glad I didn’t know that until I had finished handling it! Dr. Michael Dixon, chairman of the NHS Alliance in London, is to my left.
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Kazuhiko Atsumi, MD, PhD, is a cardiac surgeon, biomedical engineer, a member of the Science Council of Japan, and a Professor Emeritus of Tokyo University. He is also the President, the Society for Integrative Medicine, Japan (IMJ). Some call him the Japanese Dr. Weil! It was an honor to meet him.
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This beautiful and sacred scroll was also borrowed from the MOA Museum for the occasion. It’s by a master of the late Edo Period, valued at $150,000.
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My shojin ryori (Buddhist temple cuisine) lunch, which I ate with senior monks at the Myoshinji Zen Temple restaurant.
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My shojin ryori (Buddhist temple cuisine) lunch, which I ate with senior monks at the Myoshinji Zen Temple restaurant.
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I visited the beautiful Kamigamojinja Shinto Shrine in Kyoto.
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A traditional shop near the Kamigamojinja Shinto Shrine served natural pickles.
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Joined by two graduate Fellows, I browsed the selection at a traditional pickle shop near the Kamigamojinja Shinto Shrine.
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It was an honor to visit and speak with senior monks of the Myoshin-ji Temple in Kyoto, the largest Rinzai Zen Temple in Japan.
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Marukyu Koyamaen tea company in Uji near Kyoto to learn details of producing matcha. Here we are tasting various grades of tencha, the tea that is ground into matcha.
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It was an honor to visit and speak with senior monks of the Myoshin-ji Temple in Kyoto, the largest Rinzai Zen Temple in Japan.
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While at the Myoshin-ji Temple, I visited the wisteria and temple gardens.
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A view of the peaceful and serene Zen garden at the Kamigamojinja Shinto Shrine in Kyoto.
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While at the Myoshin-ji Temple, I visited the wisteria and temple gardens.
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The Kamigamojinja Shinto Shrine gardens were beautiful.
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