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Easy reads on food, daily life and yakuzen wisdom, in column form. Seasonal topics and everyday food tips included.
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A thin, long yakuzen life
Is yakuzen only for a carefully tended life? The case for keeping yakuzen going lightly, even when you are busy -
Broad bean detox ahead of the rainy season, with a three-minute recipe
Yakuzen settles the body across five seasons: spring, the rainy season, summer and the rest. Why not clear things out easily with broad beans? -
In spring, use aromatic ingredients that get the Liver moving
Spring is the Liver's season. Use aromatic vegetables such as mitsuba and celery to care for spring irritability through yakuzen -
Yakuzen is not medicine. It is dietary therapy from Chinese medicine for looking after your body
A yakuzen drama is on NHK. On what makes yakuzen worth keeping up lightly, alongside Western medicine -
Travelling yakuzen vol. 2: Manila, the Philippines
Yakuzen has an idea called tenjin goitsu, the unity of heaven and humanity. It teaches how much it matters to live in step with nature: the place, the season, the surroundings. -
Travelling yakuzen vol. 1: Manila, the Philippines
Summer vegetables tend to be ingredients that cool excess heat. When it is hot the body flushes with heat easily, so these are exactly the ingredients you need. That they grow well here, and that people here eat plenty of them, makes perfect sense. -
What is LEON, the natural fast food chain from Britain?
LEON, the natural fast food chain from Britain. Its menus make the most of spices and vegetables, and settling yourself through food, which chimes with yakuzen thinking, is rooted in daily life there.
