Biwako-Sosui Canal – The Waters of Time
31st October, 2006 - As the afternoon draws to a close, we made our way back towards "civilisation"... but there's one last surprise that c....
28 Sep 11:40 pm  from  Unknown   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Lost Japan (Alex Kerr): Still applicable?
For me Japan is the country I hope to spend the rest of my life and therefore care a lot. By chance I came across the book “Lost Japan”....
27 Sep 6:05 am  from  Unknown   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Lost Japan (Alex Kerr): Still applicable?
For me Japan is the country I hope to spend the rest of my life and therefore care a lot. By chance I came across the book “Lost Japan”....
27 Sep 6:05 am  from  Unknown   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Vintage cigarette and beer ads
I like this one a lot! Badass soldiers with their courageous manly cigs. via Pink Tentacle....
24 Sep 10:48 am  from  TokyoMango.com   [Profile]  [Recent] 
A Look at Moon-Viewing ( O-Tsukimi, お月見) in Japan- Tonight (Sept. 22nd) is the Ju-Go-Ya, while tomorrow night, September 23rd, will be the night of the full moon
The full moon of mid-autumn (chushu no meigetsu , 仲秋名月） with pampas grass (susuki) When they followed their traditional LUNISOLAR....
22 Sep 2:39 pm  from  alientimes   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Japan`s Prehistoric Staple Food – The Chestnut ( KURI, 栗), Is One of Tsukuba`s Most Outstanding (and dangerous!) Features- revisited
My neighbor, out early in the morning with boots, basket, and tongs! Sept 2010 Kuri on the tree in September. This year`s (2010) chestnut cr....
22 Sep 2:00 pm  from  alientimes   [Profile]  [Recent] 
A day-trip to Hiroshima
When planning a trip to Japan, it’s difficult to create an itinerary that includes all of the beautiful places you have read about hear....
22 Sep 6:20 am  from  Nihongoup   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Pulsations (09.20.10)
Here are the latest Pulsations, links to fresh stories and visuals about Japan, shout-outs to fellow bloggers, and highly clickable stuff th....
20 Sep 12:49 pm  from  Unknown   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Philosopher’s Path – Thinking AND Sight-seeing. Perfect
31st October, 2006 - I was going to throw up a quick post on the Philosopher’s Walk (Tetsugaku no Michi). The walk is synonymous with the....
18 Sep 10:46 pm  from  Unknown   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Kan the man
TO READ SOME descriptions in the English-language print media, one would think Japanese Prime Minister Kan Naoto is a “fiscal conservative....
17 Sep 1:42 am  from  ampontan   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Teshirogi`s O-Washi Jinja (手代木の大鷲神社)- Its Tachibana（立花) Fireworks Festival and its Mysterious Straw Snake (大蛇)
the The curious straw snake which can always be seen hanging atop the torii gate at Teshirogi`s O-Washi Shrine in Tsukuba Thanks to their e....
15 Sep 2:33 pm  from  alientimes   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Fiery (and noisy) Fun at The Tabanka Festival (タバンカ祭) Held at The Venerable Daiho Hachimangu Shrine in Shimotsuma- on September 12th and then AGAIN on the 14th!
Young men dressed in white run around swinging burning bundles of straw at the Tabanka Festival A unique tradition! Tatami mats, wooden kett....
13 Sep 1:53 pm  from  alientimes   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Is there life without “onigiri”?
You might ask what is so special about a rice ball called “onigiri” (おにぎり) in Japanese. Of course they are very delicious to ea....
10 Sep 6:56 pm  from  Unknown   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Ginkakuji Pt 1 – The Silver Pavilion on the Silver Sands
31st October, 2006 - We've come to one of my personal highlights of our trip to Kyōto... Ginkakuji... The Silver Pavilion. Now, I'm ....
9 Sep 10:50 pm  from  Unknown   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Access to the real Japan
While I do love and appreciate all the modern aspects of Japan, I believe many historical sides of Japan gotten over time neglected, lost a....
9 Sep 6:49 am  from  Unknown   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Solemn OPEN HOUSE Event at the Old Nogi Residence (next to the Nogi shrine in Tokyo) on September 12th and 13th- the Anniversary of the General`s ( and his wife`s) Ritual Suicide (s)
The blood stained kimonos worn by Gen. Nogi and his wife at the time of their ritual suicides are on display (along with their other persona....
8 Sep 2:28 pm  from  alientimes   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Where did the respect for history go?
Before moving to Japan I had the impression that historical objects and goods are highly valued by Japanese and taken very good care of ove....
7 Sep 12:01 pm  from  Unknown   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Heian Jingu… See… Size Does Matter
31st October, 2006 - After a veritable feast on castles, gardens and bovine, T-chan and I returned to Kyōto for our 10th day in Kansai. Th....
6 Sep 11:31 pm  from  Unknown   [Profile]  [Recent] 
What is your option in the countryside?
Let’s imagine that for whatever reason you are living in the countryside of Japan. According to the Sakura Report of the Bank of Japan fr....
6 Sep 8:33 am  from  Unknown   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Sumo, the Olympics, women, and sex
WILL SUMO soon be an Olympic sport? The Japanese have been promoting the idea for a while, but now they’ve got plenty of other people on t....
3 Sep 5:29 pm  from  ampontan   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Sumo, the Olympics, women, and sex
WILL SUMO soon be an Olympic sport? The Japanese have been promoting the idea for a while, but now they’ve got plenty of other people on t....
3 Sep 5:29 pm  from  ampontan   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Vaccines: Japan is catching up on biotech
I was very happy to read in the Yomiuri Shimbun that major Japanese pharmaceutical makers are active again to manufacture vaccines in Japan....
3 Sep 6:27 am  from  Unknown   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Himeji-jo… The Caged Bird
30th October, 2006 - The day was fine, and we were on a long anticipated trip to Himeji - the sister city of my home town of Adelaide, way ....
3 Sep 12:07 am  from  Unknown   [Profile]  [Recent] 
The Kattate Matsuri (かったて祭り)- Sets Makabe`s Mt Gongen-Yama Aglow!
Carrying torches to the top of Mt Gongen-Yama during the Kattate Matsuri ( August 31st 2010) Every year on the 31st of August, the parishion....
1 Sep 3:08 pm  from  alientimes   [Profile]  [Recent] 
The sake whose flavor like a fairy. : Sakunohana Shuzo sake brewery “Sakunohana junmai ginjo spec d”
The elegant sake flavor is reminiscent of a sweet flower. The flavor is rich, but it disappears in a br....
1 Sep 1:23 am  from  Ginkgo Telegraph   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Forgiveness vs. permission
A former boss of mine sometimes liked to say that “it’s easier to ask for forgiveness than to ask for permission.” He was a lawyer, of....
31 Aug 6:45 am  from  Mutant Frog   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Karen refugees to start resettling in Japan next month
Starting toward the end of September, a group of 27 Karen refugees will resettle in Japan. The refugees currently live in Thailand, par....
30 Aug 8:03 pm  from  Mutant Frog   [Profile]  [Recent] 
The Anniversary of The Great Kanto Eathquake (Sept. 1st) is Disaster Prevention Day in Japan- and the connection between eathquake prevention and the Kashima Grand Shrine
Tokyo`s Shita-Machi burning after the Great Kanto Earthquake of 1923- note Mt Tsukuba on the right There used to be a cannon, located in the....
30 Aug 4:53 pm  from  alientimes   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Tsukuba`s Very Own (?) Nebuta Parade- At this weekend`s Matsuri Tsukuba Festival
Last year`s Nebuta procession as part of the Matsuri Tsukuba Festival I have always thought it CURIOUSLY inappropriate that the center-pie....
26 Aug 1:45 pm  from  alientimes   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Tsukuba`s Very Own (?) Nebuta Parade- At this weekend`s Matsuri Tsukuba Festival
Last year`s Nebuta procession as part of the Matsuri Tsukuba Festival I have always thought it CURIOUSLY inappropriate that the center-pie....
26 Aug 1:45 pm  from  alientimes   [Profile]  [Recent] 
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