Japan 101

Culture

What’s the third statue of Buddha?/3番目の大仏は?

Takaoka Great Buddha in Daibutsuji Temple Gifu Great Buddha in Shoboji Temple Although there is no consensu...
Culture

Great Buddhas/大仏

Nara Great Buddha in Todaiji Temple The Great Buddha of Nara (Todaiji Temple) is the most famous statue of Buddha in...
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Buddhism and India ink painting

Female painter/女絵師

Drawing the beauties of nature/花鳥風月を描く Techniques of india ink paintingDrawing artworks by special techniques below....
Trivia

Superstition no.6- Whistling is the beginning of a thief./口笛は泥棒の始まり

Have you heard of any superstition related to whistling?One of them is "whistling is the beginning of a t...
Jennifer's favorite hotels

Hotel Trad Hakata/ Fukuoka, Japan Jennifer‘s favorite hotels in Japan Series No.5/ホテルトラッド博多/福岡ジェニファーのお気に入りホテルシリーズ その5

People sometimes ask me which hotel is the best in Fukuoka. That is hard to answer because it depends on people'...
Trivia

Musical road/メロディーロード

We'll share an interesting attraction called Melody Road or Musical Road.When you've never heard of it, please chec...
Heroes

The last meal for Kamikaze fighters/特攻隊員の最後の食事

Reproduced Tamago-Don with the original recipe/当時のレシピで再現された玉子丼 You may have heard of Kamikaze fighters who sacrifice...
Buddhism and India ink painting

The paintings with Haiku poems/俳画

日本語は英語の後にあります。 追れ行人(おわれいくひと) Owareikuhito Ushiroya Yukiakari <meaning>The back of a person who left the ci...
Cities & Town

Reconstruction and remains from the atomic bomb/原爆からの復興と遺構

Someone says that the U.S. attacked Japan with the atomic bomb because Japan attacked at the Pearl Harbor. Japan...
Jennifer's favorite hotels

ANA Intercontinental Beppu Resort & SpaJennifer‘s favorite hotels in Japan Series No.4/ANAインターコンチネンタル別府リゾート&スパジェニファーのお気に入りホテルシリーズ その4

Beppu in Oita prefecture of southern west Japan is one of Japan’s most acclaimed onsen (hot spring) resort areas.Th...