Now Out: Essay 1515 on 荘 (villa; building name suffix; sublime)

Climb into the lap of luxury by focusing on villas, learning to say, "The villa was clean and tidy" and "He is bent on buying the seaside villa." See how manors emerged eons ago in Japan. Find out about a mountain villa that made the news with a grim event in 1972. Also discover why Japanese temples are built to impress and learn to say, "A sacred ritual took place in the grand temple."