Introduction

Ichi-go Ichi-e

"one time, one meeting"

Ichi-go Ichi-e is a saying that comes from the traditional Japanese Tea Ceremony. In English it loosely translates to 'a Once-in-a-Lifetime Opportunity'; but in Japanese, the term means so much more than that.

In the tea ceremony, every element—the sounds, the colors, the smells, the tastes, the people with you, the circumstances which bring you together, everything—comes together creating an experience that is as close to perfection as a human being can manage. Such an event can never be replicated. The moment, once passed, is gone forever.

-Japan, June 14th-August 22nd-

This is my journey, my Ichi-go Ichi-e