Way of Life #14
Keep the Fire Burning
Selina Koller · Senbukan Luzern
Way of Life #14, “Keep the Fire Burning”: Selina Koller (5-dan) on kendo at Senbukan Luzern — the full transcript of the film.
Watch the filmAs featured in
A house keeps a road alive.
1,100+
Guests welcomed迎えた人
5
Old houses carried forward次へつないだ家
3/57
Of the 57 post towns of the Tōkaidō蒲原・興津・江尻
Selected
Stories
Lives, practices and places along the old Tokaido, told in film and in words.
One Word
One Word: 間 (Ma) — The Space That Does the Work
Hands of the Masters
Suruga Bamboo Latticework: A Hundred Strips, All the Same
The Old Roads
Utsunoya Pass: The Footpath Four Tunnels Tried to Replace
Cultural Experiences
Meet the practice.
Private encounters shaped around the person, the place and your time on the road.
By requestWriting
Write One Character, Only Once
Grind the ink, take up the brush, and carry one chosen character home from Seiken-ji.
By requestBudo
100 Minutes on the Way of the Sword
A hundred minutes at Yōkōkan, the dōjō in the grounds of Shizuoka Gokoku Shrine, under the supervision of a hanshi. You do not watch — you hold the sword and strike. The bow comes first.
By requestCraft
Apprentice to a Master Tile Carver for Two Days
Over two days at Nagasawa Kawara-shoten, work through earth, wind and fire to make your own guardian tile. It reaches you about a month later, after firing and shipping.
Experiential Stays
Stay in the story.
Whole houses, each with a reason to be here.
Soku-an
Kanbara · 蒲原
Stay inside a machiya museum.
Seisei-an momen
Okitsu · 興津
A stay shaped with Japan's leading futon craft.
Seisei-an anco
Okitsu · 興津
Connected to a fifth-generation wagashi maker.
TENMA Ejiri
Ejiri · 江尻
A cycle-garage house, seven minutes from Shimizu Station.
Journeys · Registered travel agency
Follow what draws you.
Begin with a person, a practice or a house. Let the old Tokaido become the line that connects them. KAIDO plans the route and arranges the journey.
See tours and plan a journeyEstate · Licensed real estate
Give an old house its next chapter.
Selling, buying, restoring and operating old houses along the road. For owners passing a house on, and for people looking for one.
See the Estate service