Travel

Staying in a Japanese Ryokan Beside a Cedar Stream

Traditional tatami room opening onto tranquil bamboo and stream garden

Tatami mats, wooden sliding shoji screens, hot onsen mineral water, and the hypnotic rush of stream water over pebbles.

Clara Evans

Clara is an author and home cook living between the coast and the pine ridges. She writes Small Joys Daily to document the sensory, quiet rhythms that sustain us.