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... 2023.02.07Cities & Town
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... 2023.01.31Culture
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... 2023.01.24Trivia
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... 2023.01.17Travel Tips
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... 2023.01.10Trivia
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... 2023.01.03Trivia
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... 2022.12.27 2023.01.14Samurai MIKI
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... 2022.12.20Trivia
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... 2022.12.13What makes Japanese?