Kimono cool
After living in Tokyo for what some would consider a terribly long time, it has to be said that the likes of rabbits being taken out and abo....
22 Jun 11:00 am  from  Tokyo Times   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Today’s Japan Photo: Meoto Iwa 夫婦岩
How do you feel about standing in cold seawater before the sun rises just to pray for good health? For Today’s Japan Photo, we shall take ....
22 Jun 10:12 am  from  alafista   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Tokyo Metro Advertisements
If you’ve been to Tokyo within the last few years you’ll no doubt be familiar with this series of advertisements that Tokyo Metro have ....
21 Jun 7:38 pm  from  Tasty Miso   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Funny Tokyo Metro Advertisements
If you’ve been to Tokyo within the last few years you’ll no doubt be familiar with this series of advertisements that Tokyo Met....
21 Jun 7:38 pm  from  Tasty Miso   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Funny Tokyo Metro Advertisements
If you’ve been to Tokyo within the last few years you’ll no doubt be familiar with this series of advertisements that Tokyo Met....
21 Jun 7:38 pm  from  Tasty Miso   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Big (Only) in Japan? ‘Greensleeves’
Please hold and listen to "Greensleeves" on an endless loop Japanese bureaucracy is one of the most efficient (and at times effici....
21 Jun 5:23 pm  from     [Profile]  [Recent] 
Today’s Japan Photo: Hōryū-ji 法隆寺
Apart from Kyoto, Nara prefecture also has many beautiful temples and shrines. For Today’s Japan Photo, we will be travelling to Hōryū-j....
21 Jun 10:52 am  from  alafista   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Who pays for sumo?
Sumo wrestlers don't make huge salaries but they can get a lot of yen in other ways.....
20 Jun 1:38 pm  from     [Profile]  [Recent] 
A Gathering of Blues- Hydrangrea (ajisai) in Japanese culture and history ( revisited)
Hydrangea ( ajisai) on a rainy day in Tsukuba- June 2010 Japan’s month long rainy season (tsuyu, 梅雨) usually ends in mid-July, and tha....
19 Jun 4:26 pm  from  alientimes   [Profile]  [Recent] 
ESPN 2010 World Cup Murals
In promotion of the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa, ESPN has commissioned the design of 32 murals, depicting a story of each team. The ....
17 Jun 5:44 am  from     [Profile]  [Recent] 
Ktown Cowboys
Ktown Cowboys, the web series directed by Daniel DPD Park and written by Danny Cho, tells the story of one guy’s epic crash course introdu....
17 Jun 1:00 am  from     [Profile]  [Recent] 
Azalea ( tsutsuji)- Japan`s Early Summer Regalia!
Azalea in Tsukuba Of all the various and numerous flowers which bloom in Japan in late spring and early summer, it is probably the azalea ....
16 Jun 9:15 pm  from  alientimes   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Otakus, Game Centers and Foreigners
That sums up my most recent order from White Rabbit Press. Last time I got Danny Choo’s OTACOOL 1 and 2, and this time I ....
15 Jun 8:43 pm  from  Yonasu   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Today’s Japan Photo: Shirakawago Village 白川郷
After visiting Ryoan-ji 竜安寺 for our Today’s Japan Photo series, we are going to visit another one of Japan’s UNESCO’s World Her....
15 Jun 10:20 am  from  alafista   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Newsweek Japan に私の書評が出ました。「東京の無駄な空間に自然を」（日本語）
Newsweek Japan に私の書評が出ました。「東京の無駄な空間に自然を」（日本語） Newsweek Japan published in Japa....
14 Jun 6:48 pm  from     [Profile]  [Recent] 
Tap water gains for economic not environmental reasons
Tokyo has gone to great lengths to make its tap water more drinkable ... so why do most people still buy bottled water? ....
14 Jun 4:05 pm  from     [Profile]  [Recent] 
Today’s Japan Photo: Ryoan-ji 竜安寺
Japan has quite a few UNESCO World Heritage Sites and Ryōan-ji (竜安寺) is one of them. For Today’s Japan Photo, we will be visiting t....
14 Jun 10:50 am  from  alafista   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Mixed Roots Film & Literary Festival 2010
“The Mixed Roots Film & Literary Festival is a non-competitive, annual arts festival dedicated to sharing and nurturing storytelling o....
12 Jun 12:27 pm  from     [Profile]  [Recent] 
Samurai Wars
Star Wars in the eyes of Japanese director Akira Kurosawa. George Lucas, the director of Star Wars has claimed Kurosawa’s movies has inspi....
12 Jun 3:20 am  from     [Profile]  [Recent] 
No hi-tech here
The foreign media almost always depicts Japan as some kind of hi-tech wonderland, continually touting its toilets that deal with way more th....
11 Jun 6:30 pm  from  Tokyo Times   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Birth of the Pandog
There’s a new craze sweeping China where pet owners dye their dogs to look like wild animals including Pandas and Tigers. If this slows ....
11 Jun 12:00 pm  from  Daily Bento   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Today’s Japan Photo: Miyako no Nigiwai 舞妓の賑い
On Wednesday, I featured the Maiko 舞子 for my Today’s Japan Photo series. We are quite fortunate to see a shot of so many appretice gei....
11 Jun 10:41 am  from  alafista   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Kabuki
KabukiWe saw a kabuki performance in Kyoto this weekend; Ritsuko is very interested and wanted to take me along. I'd seen the occasional....
11 Jun 9:28 am  from  Janne In Osaka   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Traditional temple wedding togs
If this couple’s marriage is filled with as much warmth as the weather managed for them on their wedding day, then in no time at all they ....
10 Jun 5:31 pm  from  Tokyo Times   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Today’s Japan Photo: Maiko 舞子
Last month, I featured a photo on the Japanese Geisha. For Today’s Japan Photo, we shall be taking a look at their apprentice, whom are ca....
9 Jun 10:20 am  from  alafista   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Gorgeous giant moss at tree base in Sinajina
Sinajina, the modern bonsai shop in Jiyugaoka, always has beautiful small bonsai inside with a focus on seasonal plants and flowers. Outsid....
9 Jun 9:06 am  from  Unknown   [Profile]  [Recent] 
A thousand volcanic thoughts
The grey and sulphur smelling slopes of Tochigi Prefecture’s Chausudake volcano are slightly otherworldly to start with, an almost lunar-l....
8 Jun 11:00 am  from  Tokyo Times   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Making bonsai at Sinajina with Kobayashi Kenji sensei
Recently I had the pleasure of attending my second bonsai-making class with Kobayashi Kenji sensei at Sinajina. While last fall’s class f....
8 Jun 9:05 am  from     [Profile]  [Recent] 
The invisible man in China (Chinese contemporary art from Liubolin)
Compelling art with profound meaning. Source:  ifgogo ....
8 Jun 2:00 am  from  Daily Bento   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Beyond belief: Graveyard business expands
Thinking ahead to reserving a cemetery plot in Tokyo? It's a gravely serious business. ....
6 Jun 11:55 pm  from     [Profile]  [Recent] 
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