Katsura Rikyu
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Home to some of the world's greatest outdoor spaces, Kyoto, Japan, is a garden lover's heaven. If you make the trip, however, there is one garden that stands above all others - an aesthetic treasure, a nature-inspired garden masterpiece that is quite possibly the most beautiful place I've ever been. Owned by the Japanese imperial family, Katsura Rikyu (pronounced kah-tsu-rah ree-kyu) is an estate in Western Kyoto near the Katsura River. Rikyu means "detached palace," but that translation is a little misleading to English speakers, because the estate does not
To be honest, I've never been a huge fan of New Year's resolutions. And I especially don't cotton to all the sentimental windbagging that seems to attend the "dawning" of this new era or that. But on this occasion, and for reasons all too many and obvious, I won't shy away from
