Saw this photo of Saudi prince Mohd. b. Salman being received by the Heisei emperor, in his Tokyo office, from a couple of years ago, and I'm just thinking about that Arabic↔︎Japanese translator! How much practice does he get, how does he stay in shape, what his practice regimen is, etc. (Others have noted the sparse Japanese aesthetic, which Alex Kerr discusses at length in his *Kyoto* book.) https://octodon.social/media/QIGgwG0HwNEud3fDn_A