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Culture in General Here are some books of interest regarding Japanese and Asian culture in general. Note: (J) denotes the book is written in Japanese. Furyu the Budo Journal and all material on this site are copyright © 2002 by Tengu Press and Wayne Muromoto. All US and international copyright laws hold. Anyone interested in using any material of the site must contact Wayne Muromoto at wmuromoto@hotmail.com or at Tengu Press Hawaii, PO Box 61637, Honolulu, Hawaii 96839 USA. |
The One-Straw Revolution
by Masanobu
Fukuoka. Rodale Press. 184 pages, hardcover, c. 1978. ISBN 087857-220-1.
A very interesting introduction to natural farming and back-to-nature lifestyle as expressed in a very Japanese way. Fukuoka was an agricultural scientist until he got sick and had a mental breakdown. He went back to trying to farm in a more natural way, without the use of pesticides and herbicides. Most of his advice and techniques are for small scale rice farming, but he has a wonderful attitude towards life and farming that can be generalized for many people seeking a way "back to nature." In many ways, he sounds like a kind of Ueshiba Morihei (the founder of aikido). Ueshiba also stressed that farming and martial arts training go hand in hand. He sometimes gets way involved for me in anti-science and anti-Western logic polemics, but underneath his diatribes is a person who found his own way to live a simple and satisfying life. He would have in well with the Flower Power days. I'm sure this book can be found as a softcover somewhere.
