Michiyuki: Japanese Time-Space Concept for Mindfulness of Everyone Everyday

Japan America Society of Greater Philadelphia is pleased to present Michiyuki: Japanese Time-Space Concept for Mindfulness of Everyone Everyday by Yoko Kawai and Takaya Kurimoto.

We all yearn for space that makes us more contemplative in this crisis of health and society. Can our physical environment, such as architecture and garden, foster mindfulness? How does it do it? Could we make such space at home or work? This talk examines how the concept of Michiyuki, traveling or procession in Japanese, could help us aware at the present moment. Yoko Kawai and Takaya Kurimoto, an architect/landscape-architect team of Penguin Environmental Design, will discuss the instrumental mind-body-space relationship of Michiyuki for mindfulness. Its traditional applications at Shofuso are highlighted (; the talk will be broadcasted from Shofuso) and its contemporary applications are introduced.