None of our thousands of photos can properly capture the appeal. Even though my academic training was in Chinese art, I was determined to pick a dissertation topic involving Chinese paintings in Japan. My first visit was the Fall of 1969, I lived in Tokyo in 1972, started Asiatica in 1976 and have been trying to bring the aesthetics of Japan to Kansas City ever since. Art, Architecture, gardens, photography, food, clothing, publishing and myriad other deeply embedded traditions there have inspired me deeply.