WISDOM TOOLKIT
Your accessible guide to Japanese culture and philosophy to elevate your day
Wisdom from modern Japan
For those who need a little guidance in their life decision-making, want to be more tuned with their own senses or inner knowings, or are looking for the perfect elegant gift for a loved one.
Welcome to your usable, accessible, and authentic Japanese culture and philosophy guide.
What’s New in the Toolkit
Tangible Japanese Craft & Wisdom in Your Hand
Yes or No?
Precision and brevity are the tools you have no choice but to acquire at the temple.
Good Things Always Spread.
People think I’m Japanese.
Well, I am. But it’s been so long since I had miso soup and rice for a breakfast.
What Oshosama Does not Say…
Without a Master, I Come To Enlightenment. "Dharma couldn't have been the zen originator by himself." I was listening to a zen analects lecture...
Cracks and Bumps Are All There to Be Cherished.
they are the traces of one’s life, like broken joints and swollen knuckles…
Oshosama, I’m Fighting With My Ego Every Day.
Me Too. I have written more than a few Wisdom Blogs under the tag Oshosama Says. Oshosama is a way to address an abbot of a temple, as some of...
The World Changes the Moment You Say Yes.
I hate to be pushed. I hate to feel small and inadequate. I have to gather my courage to face criticism or even neutral feedback. As a writer, I...
Accessible eastern wisdom to offer you tools and inspirations to keep moving forward
About
I’m Tomo, and it’s my pleasure to be your cultural bridge. I believe wisdom is passed down through generations and stored within our bodies. Many of us have forgotten the ways to tap into it. Craftspeople, who constantly work with their hands and five senses, seem to have better access to that wisdom. Wisdom Toolkit seeks knowledge directly from these hand thinkers and bridges the freshly acquired wisdom from modern Japan to the rest of the world.