Laid-back lifestyle: This traditional Japanese house, built 77 years ago in the hills of Akiya, just outside Hayama, is where Chieko Hirota has her studio. Hirota's specialty is saijiki, the seasonal words and phrases that enrich Japanese art and poetry. Sitting on her veranda, she employs all five senses to absorb the essence of each season, a practice that she says greatly enhances her understanding of saijiki. | SHOGO OIZUMI
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