Gentle Happiness: Haiku of Japanese Sweets

by James Calbraith

Either as a crucial ingredient of the tea ceremony, an important element of shrine rituals, or simply as a way to cool oneself during the scorching Japanese summer, sweets are as central to Japanese life and culture as poetry or gardening. To me, they have also been a way to experience this culture - and some of my best memories of Japan are in one way or another connected with its myriad snacks. One summer night, I started writing haiku about these...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1519027451
• ISBN13: 9781519027450
• Release Date: October 2016
• Publisher: Independently published
• Length: 82 Pages
• Weight: 0.32 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.0" x 0.2" x 5.0"