Join Japanologist Beth Kempton on a pilgrimage through rural Japan in search of answers to some of life's biggest questions: How do we find calm in the chaos and beauty in the darkness? How do we let go of the past and stop worrying about the future? What can an awareness of impermanence teach us about living well? To explore the kokoro (translated as: intelligent heart, feeling mind) is to explore the very essence of what it means to be human in this tough yet devastatingly beautiful world.