First bands announced for Fuji Rock 2010
The first 27 bands appearing at this year's Fuji Rock Festival (July 30 - August 1) have been announced. 22-20s / AIR / ALBERTA CROSS / B....
2 Mar 9:55 am  from  Get Hiroshima   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Will Miss #131 – festival turtles
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27 Feb 5:15 pm  from  1000 things about Japan   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Tomorrow I will be running the Tokyo Marathon. The longest race
click here for todays photos Tomorrow I will be running the Tokyo Marathon. The longest race I have previously run is a half marathon, but....
27 Feb 4:32 pm  from  Sushicam   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Valentine’s Nonsense
Valentine’s Day, like everything else, has been warped by Japan’s cultural filters like a reflection in a funhouse mirror. Here’s what....
13 Feb 3:39 pm  from  Gaijin Tonic   [Profile]  [Recent] 
The 11th, 12th, 13th and 14th
Have you seen the photos of the “2001 September 11th attacks” on the World Trade Center towers in New York City that were recently made ....
12 Feb 9:37 pm  from  Tokyo Five   [Profile]  [Recent] 
アキラ
Yesterday was a holiday here in Japan. Called 「建国記念日」 (“National Foundation Day“). (Click here to see my short FAQ about i....
12 Feb 3:10 am  from  Tokyo Five   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Headlines
Just a few stories that were in the news that got my attention: ★ In 1985, many of the biggest pop stars in America, including Michael Jac....
5 Feb 3:01 am  from  Tokyo Five   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Passed!
I wrote a post last year that my oldest daughter took (and passed) her high school entrance exam…and that I gave her a special Kit-Kat cho....
2 Feb 10:06 pm  from  Tokyo Five   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Higashi Omiya
If you ever have a chance to get out to a small, local festival near where you live, you’ll probably find that they can be surprisingly en....
25 Jan 9:07 am  from  Quirky Japan   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Kanchu Mizuabi, the Ice-water Bathing Festival
I’m a bit of a samugariya (someone who hates the cold), so I found myself shivering just watching these guys pouring ice-cold water over t....
19 Jan 10:29 pm  from  Quirky Japan   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Will Miss #111 – Avic electronic monsters
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19 Jan 5:01 pm  from  1000 things about Japan   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Matsuri da! (109):The ice walk
HEARING OR READING the phrase “naked festival” might generate a response that is positively Pavlovian—just as the Russian doctor’s d....
15 Jan 2:40 am  from  ampontan   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Already 15
Today is my second daughter’s fifteenth birthday. They grow up so fast! Also today is 「鏡開き」 (Kagami-biraki). They day to eat 「....
11 Jan 1:30 pm  from  Tokyo Five   [Profile]  [Recent] 
東京消防出初式
Today I went to the 2010 「東京消防出初式」 (“Tokyo Fire Departements New Year Drill“). チラシ (Flyer) for the 2010 「東....
6 Jan 4:58 pm  from  Tokyo Five   [Profile]  [Recent] 
The 1300th Anniversary of Nara
Nara is home to the largest Buddha in Japan, built about half a century before the Heian period officially begins. The Heian period official....
4 Jan 10:31 am  from  How to Be Heian   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Happy New Year 2010
明けましておめでとうございます！ (“Happy New Year!“) It’s now 2010. The second decade of the 21st century! 2010 is th....
1 Jan 12:00 pm  from  Tokyo Five   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Matsuri da! (108): Slippery when wet
WATER FIGHTING for fun seems to be a universal human phenomenon. Put two children into a stream or swimming pool, and it won’t be long bef....
14 Dec 2:39 am  from  ampontan   [Profile]  [Recent] 
愛子さまの誕生日
Today is the eighth birthday of 敬宮愛子内親王 (Princess Aiko) of the Japanese Royal Family. Princess Aiko at her school's 運動....
1 Dec 11:26 pm  from  Tokyo Five   [Profile]  [Recent] 
The origin of holidays and the Tenno system
IF IT ISN’T UNIQUE, the Tokyo Metropolitan District is surely one of the few governments anywhere whose two top chief executives were men ....
27 Nov 2:47 am  from  ampontan   [Profile]  [Recent] 
A Charming Heian Card for Modernity
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26 Nov 11:46 pm  from  How to Be Heian   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Hands across the Sea of Japan
IT’S A RELIABLE rule of thumb that a nation’s political class is more often the problem than the solution regardless of the matter at ha....
13 Nov 3:40 pm  from  ampontan   [Profile]  [Recent] 
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