Cities & TownDrift Ice/流氷
Drift Ice from Garinko, in Monbetsu city, Hokkaido, on March 9 of 2015 According to the announcement from Japan Mete...
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CultureWhy is a head of sardine at the entrance door?/なぜ鰯の頭が玄関に。
As you may remember that some people are excited around this period of the year because the first day of spring wil...
TriviaJapan’s Aesthetics/日本の美意識
Aside from construction sites, the traffic cones sometimes are used to warn people to avoid entering into the certa...
Travel TipsCapsule Toy/ガチャガチャ
You might see some machines of capsule toys at the airports and some stations so that the foreign tourists can spen...
TriviaCharity-Saba-/生飯
Buddhist vegetable meal including rice porridge with red beans at Myoshinji Shourinin temple, Kyoto/京都妙心寺塔頭東林院の小豆粥 T...
TriviaFirst Dream of the New Year/初夢
What was your first dream of the New Year?The first dream usually mentions the one that people dream during the nig...
Samurai MIKIYabuseme-mounted archery-/流鏑馬
Have you heard of Yabusame or mounted archery?It is a kind of archery while riding a horse.It has been conducted as...
TriviaProverb curved in water basin/吾唯足るを知る
When you go to Zen temples, you may often find this style's water basin.What is this? An important teaching is c...
What makes Japanese?Oden/おでん
It's cold in Japan these days.Winter has already started.Speaking of winter, Japanese people miss eating Oden. O...
