{"id":3365,"date":"2016-02-24T12:00:21","date_gmt":"2016-02-24T04:00:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/shiromi.com\/blog\/?p=3365"},"modified":"2016-02-24T00:35:09","modified_gmt":"2016-02-23T16:35:09","slug":"when-discovering-simple-pleasures","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shiromi.com\/blog\/2016\/02\/24\/when-discovering-simple-pleasures\/","title":{"rendered":"When Discovering Simple Pleasures"},"content":{"rendered":"

When I was in France, I had never pictured myself being able to sit down at a window to simply look at trees. Maybe I was too young and impatient, lacking the maturity to enjoy a beautiful piece of nature.<\/p>\n

However living in Japan changed my perspectives and I am now the one feeling sorry for the ones who do not take the time to admire the formidable Nature in Japan, especially when it is so remarkably well displayed: the window becomes part of the view, with the lacquered wood sometimes reflecting vividly the colours of the leaves.<\/p>\n

The frame helps you distinguish the different nuances of the autumn colours, while the branches of the maple trees draw a horizontal pattern guiding your eyes from one side to the other like the strokes of a painting brush. When you are lucky, a breeze will will gently shake the fragile leaves, making the weaker ones fall on the ground that becomes a carpet of green, yellow and red.<\/p>\n

It’s rare to find new simple pleasures in life but sipping a cup of green tea in a temple in Kyoto while enjoying a nice display of autumn leaves is now amongst the top items of my list.<\/p>\n

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