January 2, 2022

SWET Greetings in the New Year 2022

Sunrise from Lake Chabot hills in San Francisco Bay Area, Pamela Pasti, New Years Day 2022

New Years feast, Jeremy Whipple, Setagaya, Tokyo

Lost In translation, Tion Brunton, Los Angeles, CA

Santa vegetable portrait using only plants from my garden, Pamela Pasti, CA

Celebrating the year of the tiger, original drawing by Stuart Ayre, Kyoto.

Sunrise 2022, central Japan, Anna Husson Isozaki, Takasaki.

Local temple with falling snow, New Year's Eve, Jeanette Fukao, Shiga.

Lake Biwa with snow, Jeanette Fukao, Shiga.

Dog Yuki at Albany Beach, California; Golden Gate Bridge on the horizon. Beth Cary

Mt. Asama at New Years, Olivia Boissel, Miyota, Nagano

View from Kurofuyama, Olivia Boissel, Nagano

Each and every one of us looks out on different scenes, seeks different horizons, and works in different circumstances. And yet we are all here together in this heterogeneous society of wordsmiths sharing an orientation to the subject of Japan. Ours is a world of countless niches and unique job descriptions, yet we are linked by our professional endeavors to bridge cultures, interpret messages, polish language, research arcane topics, and much more—always striving for improvement. Ours is a community out of which emerge convergences, collaborations, and communication. We look forward to these in ample measure in 2022.

(List image artwork courtesy of Stuart Ayre)