Things I Miss About Living in Japan #No. 1 – Subways and Trains

Well, the karmic payback for whatever I did in my past life continues as I wait out Covid-19 here in Orlando, Florida, U.S.A. unable to return to Japan. So, I will fantasize and keep the memories alive. This blog post started out as a Top 10 reasons why I miss living in Japan, but I …

Storytime Yoga and World Kamishibai Day for Peace December 7, 2020 –

On Monday, December 7, 2020, just before 8:00 in the morning, it will be my honor and joy to publish an episode of Storytime Yoga Kamishibai for Peace on the Storytime Yoga YouTube, telling the Inuit folktale Raven Brings the Light about the winter solstice. It's my offering for World Kamishibai Day. A day when people all over the world tell kamishibai stories for peace.

Seven Haiku Film Poems by Sydney Solis

The seven haiku film poems and an introductory film by Sydney Solis of her Mythic Yoga Journey to Japan.

The Mahalaxmi Show Interview with Sydney Solis on Storytelling, Myth, Yoga and Japanese Philosophy

Yoga Teacher and Storyteller Sydney Solis is interviewed on the Mahalaxmi Show about Storytime Yoga, yoga and Japanese philosophy, nature, mythology and more!

Haiga and Haiku Exhibition in Kyoto: 170th Anniversary of Lafcadio Hearn’s Birth

Watch the video of the Kyoto Exhibition that celebrates 170th Anniversary of Lafcadio Hearn's Birth made by Masashi Nakamura of Japan.

World Peace Kamishibai Day December 7

The First World Kamishibai Day for world peace is December 7. Raise your voice for world peace! It is urgently needed! Share stories for peace. Peace, for the children!

Camp Omori and The Peaceful People of Japan want Article 9 to Stay

Yesterday I posted a visual poem I wrote after visiting the Osaka International Peace Center.  Today as I await Typhoon Tremi's arrival tonight, I have been going through the various film clips I took when the POW Research Network Japan took me on a tour of the sites where my Opa, Albert Straub, was interned …

Trading Osaka Summer for August in Orlando

After the big Osaka earthquake the whole family experienced June 18, then record rain and flooding throughout Japan, followed in July by a heat wave that is killing people in droves and sending thousands to the hospital, another typhoon has hit. Yet I was in Orlando for it! Had boarded a plane July 26 and headed …

Pearls, A Film Poem Made After Visiting Mikimoto Pearl Island

Pearls, a film poem by Sydney Solis, featuring Pearl Divers from Mikimoto Pearl Island, Japan.

Mythic Yoga Journey To Japan Haiku Video Poem No. 1

Upon my first visit to Japan in November 2016 at age 50, I became a filmmaker! I had started writing a bunch of haiku and tanka poems during this powerful experience, then turned them into video poems. This Mythic Yoga Journey to Japan Haiku Video No. 1 was the first video I ever made in …