Archive for February, 2009

Camellia in Kyoto

Posted in Uncategorized on Feb 17th, 2009 1 Comment »

No flower could be more Japanese than the camellia. It was traditionally seen as the herald of spring and popular as a cultivar in gardens, but it was also used frequently in chado and ikebana. The ornamental plant was favored in many arts as poetry, paintings, sculpture, textiles and ceramics. The camellia was a favorite [...]

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After Sudoku, Kenken

Posted in Uncategorized on Feb 15th, 2009 No Comments »

Will the next puzzle craze after Sudoku be Kenken? The New York Times seems to think so as it starts publishing daily Kenken puzzles.
Kenken is a numerical logical puzzle like Sudoku, but with the new twist that solving it requires arithmetic as well. Kenken was invented by Miyamoto Tetsuya, a teacher who operates the Miyamoto [...]

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