Japanese 101 Particles is out!
Particles ScreenShot Our latest, and most difficult app to create… Japanese 101 Particles just hit the app store! As Thanksgiving is ....
26 Nov 3:17 am  from  Japannewbie   [Profile]  [Recent] 
WWII soldier’s flag leads Hiroshima JET on journey to Niigata Prefecture
Aaron Sponseller with Bunjiro Kaizo, holding the Japanese flag that belonged to Mr. Kaizo’s younger brother, Bunichiro Kaizo, a soldier ....
25 Nov 9:59 pm  from  Wide Island View   [Profile]  [Recent] 
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25 Nov 4:34 pm  from  Wide Island View   [Profile]  [Recent] 
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25 Nov 1:18 pm  from  Wide Island View   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Meeting Yamada Yoriyuki at Kajima
Recently I met with Yamada Yoriyuki (山田順之), Manager of the Office of Global Environment at constructino company Kajima and a leader....
24 Nov 9:01 am  from  Tokyo Green Space   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Shichi-Go-San celebrations uniquely extravagant in Ibaraki
One of the questions most frequently asked  by Japanese people who you meet for the first time is- HOW OLD ARE YOU?  This can certainly b....
22 Nov 12:09 pm  from  alientimes   [Profile]  [Recent] 
In November- THE place to visit in Tokyo is The Meiji Shrine ( revisited)
Meiji Shrine is always a rewarding place to visit. The Main Hall in which the Emperor Meiji and his wife the Emperess Shoken are enshrined a....
22 Nov 9:53 am  from  alientimes   [Profile]  [Recent] 
President Obama Bows To Japanese Emperor
Barack Obama is no stranger to controversy – his whole presidential campaign revolved around that, if you remember. More so, this is not....
22 Nov 7:11 am  from  Geisha Blog   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Shin Edogawa in fall
With a few minutes to spare before meeting Hiraga Tatsuya of Landscape+, I stepped into nearby Shin Edogawa park. The colors were beautiful....
21 Nov 9:04 am  from  Tokyo Green Space   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Festival fatigue?
With their mayhem, mikoshi and monstrous size, Japanese festivals are fun to say the least, but at the same time they are apparently nowhere....
20 Nov 7:00 pm  from  Tokyo Times   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Fake Toilet Flushing Sound Keychain Meets Characters
Japanese women are known to feel ashamed even by their sound of peeing listened by other buddies. Portable noise maker Eco Hime (= ecologic....
18 Nov 10:46 pm  from  Asiajin.com   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Shichi-Go-San silence?
Celebrated throughout November but focused mainly around the 15th, Shichi-Go-San (Seven-Five-Three) is a rite of passage of sorts for young ....
18 Nov 6:30 pm  from  Tokyo Times   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Painting at Jindaiji, Japan
One of the things I really like about Japan, is that you can indulge in arts and crafts in some fabulous traditionally cultural settings. Lo....
18 Nov 9:46 am  from  Kimonobox   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Wayward plants
  Wayward plants A London art, plants and urbanist organization Waywardplants.org rescues unwanted plants– “discarded, abandoned, rogue....
17 Nov 10:02 pm  from  Tokyo Green Space   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Wabi-sabi or way off?
The Japanese notion of wabi-sabi is notoriously difficult to describe, let alone try and define; however, whilst many would disagree — inc....
17 Nov 2:17 pm  from  Tokyo Times   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Get close to Japanese culture by way of its pottery
Regardless of just how long you have www.explorejapaneseceramics.com is a national leader in bringing so many aspects of Japanese culture t....
17 Nov 10:27 am  from  Japan Hopper   [Profile]  [Recent] 
The World of Japanese Ceramics – close up
Japanese ceramics are known the world over for the quality of their form, the huge variation in glazes they offer, and perhaps above all, fo....
17 Nov 10:23 am  from  Japan Hopper   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Obama’s bow to emperor pisses off conservatives
Some conservatives are pissed off that President Obama bowed at the emperor and empress during his visit to Japan this week. I'm not sure....
17 Nov 10:05 am  from  TokyoMango.com   [Profile]  [Recent] 
New magazine for people living with facial scars
A new magazine aimed towards people with physical disfigurations will launch next spring. It's called My Face, and it's the pet project of a....
17 Nov 10:02 am  from  TokyoMango.com   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Trolls in the park
Under the title “Trolls in the Park,” there is an outdoor public art display in Suginami’s Zenpukuji park: a quiet park with two pond....
17 Nov 9:04 am  from  Tokyo Green Space   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Edo gardening in wood block prints
Encouraged by my host Suzuki Makoto sensei at Tokyo University of Agriculture, I recently visited the Edo Gardening Flowers exhibit being h....
16 Nov 7:02 pm  from  Tokyo Green Space   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Japanese Yunessun – a unique onsen experience
We all know the popularity of onsens (hot springs) in Japan. Yunessun in Hokkaido is one that you’ll want to visit if you are in Hakone. T....
16 Nov 10:00 am  from  Daily Bento   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Single tree beautifies modern house
A single tree standing in the entrance to a modern Tokyo house provides a marvelous contrast between the traditional and the new. The beaut....
15 Nov 9:02 am  from  Tokyo Green Space   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Japan Christmas Bear
all the accessories ready for xmas Spotted this Christmas Bear on the train heading towards Makuhari the other day. I wonder if bears ride f....
13 Nov 10:32 pm  from  Shibuya246   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Far from invisible faces
Traditional white make-up and wigs it seems stand out from the crowd just as much as colossal noses combined with equally cumbersome cameras....
13 Nov 6:00 pm  from  Tokyo Times   [Profile]  [Recent] 
In autumn MUMS THE WORD, as Japans Chrysanthemum Cultivators Display their Creations
Walking through Tsukuba`s old neighborhoods in October and November, you will very likely see some impressive chrysanthemums (kiku) disp....
9 Nov 10:07 pm  from  alientimes   [Profile]  [Recent] 
The Japanese Way: No insulation, no central heating
Kotatsu Kitty says hello. (Photo by Matthew McVickar / Published under Flickr Creative Commons License CC BY-NC-SA 2.0) Editor’s Note....
8 Nov 10:06 pm  from  Wide Island View   [Profile]  [Recent] 
What is now Culture Day was long celebrated as the Birthday of the Emperor Meiji
Since 1948, November 3rd has been a Japanese national holiday called BUNKA NO HI (文化の日), or Culture Day in English. On this day i....
3 Nov 3:00 pm  from  alientimes   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Complete Your Moon-Viewing ( O-Tsukimi) For This Year- Tonight With The Ju-Sanya ( 13th night) Moon
These days, when most Japanese think of  O-Tsukimi (お月見- moon-viewing）they imagine admiring and making offerings ( of seasonal foo....
30 Oct 4:43 pm  from  alientimes   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Saiki`s Old Fudo-Hall and its Traditional Monthly Women`s Prayer Meetings (妻木の不動尊)
  Saiki`s Fudo Hall It can be said that until about 50 years ago, the hamlet of Saiki ( 妻木), now a part of Tsukuba City, was at the edg....
21 Oct 9:18 pm  from  alientimes   [Profile]  [Recent] 
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