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Welcome to the Tea Lifestyle Journal
A Feeling Beyond Words
Here you will find. . .
Inspiration ~ Information and a Introduction
Tea as More than a Beverage!
We hope you will share and join us as we journey
the world of Chado . . . the way of tea
Please ENJOY!
To be human in the face of an inhuman situation!
Charles McJilton Executive Director 2hj.org
We are here for the Tea Harvest, to visit friends and family and to learn!
Part of our discovery is to understand what is really happening in Fukushima and who the people are that are making a difference.
We began by uncovering What it means to be human in the face of an inhuman situation please meet Mr. Charles Mc Jilton, Executive Director of Second Harvest Japan via an excerpt from a 1999 Share International Archives by Charles Mc Jilton
In January 1996 I went to live in a cardboard house along a river in Tokyo. I eventually spent 15 months there and these are some of the things I found.I found a problem more complex than I previously imagined; I found myself Continue reading
Our Journey Begins
Nijo Castle Garden
We have arrived in Kyoto after an extra long flight and very empty KIX airport. This will be a very different year for us with all of the tragic events still unfolding. We both have a good feeling that the worse is over and we hope to help bring hope and confidence to our friends, family, tea farmers and business partners. Our journey has begun!
Kyoto seems very quiet – there are not many tourist. Normally this city is about 5/1 tourist to resident. Everyone is enjoying and taking in the beauty of Sakura, a treasured time of year in Japan, however you can sense an underlying sadness that the entire country is feeling.
Nez and I decide a good walk is in order, so from our apartment to the Imperial Palace, over to Nijo Castle and a cab home gains us 18,000 steps! YES we are in Japan 
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