Today, the day after the concert, Master Idaki Shin roasted coffee at Yui-Kobo, which we built in Yamamoto Town, Miyagi Prefecture, where we installed a large roasting machine, the only one of its kind in Tohoku. Master Idaki Shin becomes united with the life of people and nature, and through improvisational performance, he can release what is a burden to life. Coffee, too, is influenced by the state of human life and the condition of the world, and it is clear to me that Master Idaki Shin takes on its pain, sorrow, and cloudiness as he roasts. The inherent qualities of coffee are fully brought forth, giving birth to a taste of unsurpassed excellence. Since its discovery, coffee has been consumed as medicine and is said to have high medicinal properties. The coffee roasted by Master Idaki Shin revitalizes me to the extent that I can physically recognize how good it is for my body. And I always perceive God in the effects of coffee. I am deeply moved by a taste that can only be described as divine. In fact, when I visited the village of Yirgachafe in Ethiopia, I experienced with my whole being that coffee is a gift from god. Drinking this fruit of god fills me with profound gratitude every time. Today, many people gathered, and in a lively space filled with laughter, we shared the joy and deep emotion of drinking exquisite coffee together.
Considering the world where wars continue, my heart aches terribly, and I spend my days contemplating what can be done. I pray that the energy of such an enriching experience as today may spread to the world, and it gives me hope that it will surely spread. I sincerely pray that wars will come to an end as soon as possible.
Hello. Today, Master Idaki Shin roasted coffee beans at Yui-kobo. Following yesterday's concert, many people came to visit, making Yui-kobo a bustling and lively place. I am also grateful for the exquisite coffee roasted by Master Idaki Shin, and I feel truly blessed to have enjoyed such a delicious cup. When I got here, I heard that the factory of our acquaintance in Lebanon had been destroyed by Israeli bombing. I have always been worried about him, but I also heard from him that, no matter what happens, he is determined to keep forging ahead. Here in Japan, too, we must continue to create a future. At yesterday’s concert, there were messages about avoiding war and preventing the outbreak of war. Having experienced this ourselves, I felt very strongly today once again that it is important to cherish this sense of life we experienced at yesterday’s concert, to deepen it further without crushing it, and to live each day richly. Thank you very much for gathering here today and for sharing such a good day with everyone, enjoying something delicious together.
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Improvisation Poem
24th Mar. 2026 / in Sendai
A blue wind blows.
A great tree sways in the wind.
When the wind blows,
Light meets light,
A new world is born,
And the world we live in opens wide.
A pleasant wind
One with life
Gentle.
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"Kaze-no-Tayori"
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A breeze blows quietly, like ripples on the water
Touches the heart
Tenderness feeling spreads
Breeze born from nowhere is gentle
Connects the hearts of people all over the world
Praying for a world where we can live with one heart and healthy lives
Praying for life to live and a new world to emerge
A breeze blows silently
Life stays close and exists together
Legends of Koguryo Rediscovered Concert – October 23rd, 2017 Kyoto
An infinitely transparent and beautiful world,
A single shining blue star,
An eternal soul.
The 19th king of Koguryo, Gwanggaeto the Great,
Was born under a light of Heaven,
In a world of war.
He continued to fight, and continued fighting.
He became a young king,
Leading the vanguard ahead.
He was challenged to risk his life in the middle of enemies.
The enemies, admiring the beauty of the young king,
Left without fighting.
He met desirable people to live together with,
Who became people of Koguryo, so we hear.
A wind was blowing in the land of the Gwanggaeto the Great, an infinity, an eternity, a clear mind.
He lived and kept his purest soul.
He entered into the enemy with an intention not to sacrifice anyone else's life.
He continued to fight.
There was a limit in this world, and
There was a limit in Heaven, he realized.
Soon or later far beyond Heaven,
An infinite world would be opened. Believing so,
He lived and fought together with Heaven.
Why could a human not live without a fight?
Why could a human kill a precious life?
He questioned the infinite world.
Soon or later, far beyond Heaven,
A time in which a light of the origin would appear,
A time in which many souls would accomplish their wish,
While knowing that there was a limit in Heaven,
A sorrow through his life with Heaven,
was engraved on the ground.
A time in which the land of sorrow would turn into light.
He continued to wish even after death, continued working,
He continued to make a time which would open far beyond Heaven
An appearance of a light of the origin,
An infinite world, opened far beyond Heaven.
All souls would wake up, revive, and gather.
The Beginning of a new era of new human beings.
Special message
Love transcending space-time
Brilliantly and beautifully shining internality manifests the authentic state of our life full of love.
In my teens, I suffered from many diseases almost in every part of my body and experienced life and death crises several times. In such a critical moment I shed tears with slight hope. And after a dozen of years of investigations, I realized the source of hope I had embraced as an eternal bearing for opening up a future. By properly acknowledging the internal conditions of my body, I discovered that communion with another person’s life happened within my body and not only mine but another person’s physical or mental pains and a state of illness can be nursed gradually or rapidly owing to the nature of human life that could meet others in a much broader and unknown dimensional space. I did not need to operate consciously nor wish to make this process happen: towards unity with nature, everything happened just naturally and repeatedly. Now my piano improvisations express this marvelous encounter with people at a very deep level of human life so that each of you may realize an authentic state of love and realize that your life is indeed shining on to eternity in this vast universal space.
As a support to Lebanon for the explosion accident that happened at the port of Beirut, Lebanon on August 4th, 2020, NPO KOMA will donate an ambulance to the Lebanese Red Cross.
ON BEHALF OF THE LEBANESE RED CROSS, AND ETS. F.A. KETTANEH S.A.
NPO KOMA donates a Volkswagen ambulance to the Lebanese Red Cross.
On behalf of NPO KOMA in Japan, and as a sign of sympathy to the people of Lebanon due to the huge explosion that occurred in the port of Beirut on August 04, 2020, Ms. Keiko KOMA has decided to offer a fully equipped ambulance to the Lebanese Red Cross organization.
The Volkswagen Transporter ambulance has been purchased from Ets. F.A. Kettaneh S.A., the sole importer of Volkswagen in Lebanon, and has been equipped with top-of-the line ambulance equipment, meeting the highest standards of safety as required by the Lebanese Red Cross organization.
On behalf of the Lebanese Red Cross, and Ets. F.A. Kettaneh S.A., we would like to thank NPO KOMA and Ms. Keiko KOMA in person for this generous gift, in addition, a great thanks goes to the lawyer Mr. Fuad HADDAD (OTSUKA) for his much appreciated efforts in the realization of this contribution. This initiative will definitely contribute in helping the sick and injured people in the days to come.
