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Patty Kawasaki

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Bridging Heaven and Earth| Chapter 7

The mystery of multinational marriage part 2: Poisonous pride

1d ago

A mother and three young children aged 7, 5, and 3, and a baby in a stroller sitting outside in summer clothing. The mother is making a traditional Japanese summer snack wrapped in bamboo leaves called sasamaki

1d ago

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What the World Needs Now is the Wisdom of the Three Little Pigs

What do you build your house out of?

May 10

A house with a thickly thatched roof made from straw

May 10

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Live, for The Future

A lesson learned from cherry blossoms

Apr 28

A bent, broken, blooming sakura cherry blossom branch in a park in rural Japan.

Apr 28

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Bridging Heaven and Earth| Chapter 6

The mystery of multinational marriage, part 1: Ugly idols

Apr 5

Two small children being pulled by their father in a metal rear car with a breathtaking view of snow-capped mountains and a rolling river in the background.

Apr 5

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Bridging Heaven and Earth| Chapter 5

Love evolution, part 3: Ideal or real?

Feb 14

A sunny scene of a harvested rice field, with two naked toddlers walking in the mud and a mother in a work apron with rice straw tied around her waist watching over them.

Feb 14

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There Is a Way to Curb the Momentum of the Extreme Right

And it’s very simple, but not easy

Jan 30

A Japanese man in a farmer’s hat and three young children all gathered together and praying in front of the family grave

Jan 30

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Bridging Heaven and Earth| Chapter 4

Love evolution part 2: Kids and quarrels

Jan 23

Two toddlers attempting to walk on a pair of homemade bamboo stilts in a driveway. In the background, hanging laundry and receding snow is visible.

Jan 23

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Enjoy Inconvenience

An ode to winter in Sekikawa village

Jan 9

A man and a little girl shoveling snow to rescue a car from deep snowdrifts

Jan 9

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A Comfortable Home

Ideas on what to do when you do not have one

Jan 7

Two little girls, a toddler and a baby, laughing and clapping joyously together

Jan 7

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Bridging Heaven and Earth| Chapter 3

Love evolution, part 1: The man and my dreams

Jan 4

Handsome Japanese man examining a drying daikon out in snow with a soundly sleeping baby strapped to his back papoose-style and wrapped in a blanket.

Jan 4

Patty Kawasaki

Patty Kawasaki

Full-time mother of five living in and loving Sekikawa, a small mountain village in northern Japan.Self-published author, sporadic YouTuber, aspiring writer.

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