miko (巫女) are shrine maidens acting as sort of assistant priests at some functions. This, of course, is Shintoism, not Buddhism (if you ....
1 Jan 3:00 pm  from  The View from Japan   [Profile]  [Recent] 

Here’s Mount Fuji in winter (a week ago) taken from the hill about 10 minutes’ walk from our house (Kamakura). Of course, this was take....
25 Dec 3:00 pm  from  The View from Japan   [Profile]  [Recent] 

taiyaki is a sort of sweet bean paste (anko)encased in a batterlike mixture in the shape of a tai (bream) and done on a griddle. Usually ea....
18 Dec 3:00 pm  from  The View from Japan   [Profile]  [Recent] 

JAPAN – Shinto Shrine Maidens preparing to be sacrificed at the annual “Tiger Woods’ Woodie Juice” matsuri festival in Ookii Chinpo....
14 Dec 11:17 pm  from  InvisibleGaijin   [Profile]  [Recent] 

TOKYO –The Japanese people are busy preparing for celebrate 2010 as the “Year of Tiger Woods” including traditional fertility festiv....
13 Dec 12:01 pm  from  InvisibleGaijin   [Profile]  [Recent] 

Photo Credit: Daniel Bachler Creative Commons Attribution ShareAlike 2.5 Women in Japan: You Haven’t Come a Long Way, Baby According t....
11 Dec 8:12 pm  from  InvisibleGaijin   [Profile]  [Recent] 

2009’s kanji 新 (shin) or “new” + Hatoyama’s 絆 (kizuna) or “relationship” =「新絆」or “new relationships” as in Tige....
11 Dec 7:14 pm  from  InvisibleGaijin   [Profile]  [Recent] 

USO Magazine, popularly known in Japan as “Uso-Jin,” today released putative photos of Tiger Woods’ alleged mistresses #13~#17, quoti....
8 Dec 10:23 am  from  InvisibleGaijin   [Profile]  [Recent] 

Fune Isono, mother of famed Japanese TV star Sazae-san, admitted Sunday that she was the rumored fifth mistress of golfer Tiger Woods. “....
6 Dec 9:39 pm  from  InvisibleGaijin   [Profile]  [Recent] 

Fune Isono, mother of famed Japanese TV star Sazae-san, admitted Sunday that she was the rumored fifth mistress of golfer Tiger Woods. ....
6 Dec 9:39 pm  from  InvisibleGaijin   [Profile]  [Recent] 

Fujisan or Fujiyama – Mount Fuji, but not Mount Fuji-san, please. Not a recent picture (August 2008), but one of the best of a series I t....
4 Dec 3:00 pm  from  The View from Japan   [Profile]  [Recent] 

Sake brewed in the pouches of kangaroos is a hit product in Japan, especially among young females who will buy anything if it is sufficien....
3 Dec 1:41 pm  from  InvisibleGaijin   [Profile]  [Recent] 

The Government of Japan announced today a new 2.7 trillion yen jobs program, “Santa’s Coming to Town,” as part of its economic stimu....
1 Dec 5:10 pm  from  InvisibleGaijin   [Profile]  [Recent] 

The Aichi prefectural police have given new meaning to the term “undercover cop.” In an attempt to foil purse-snatchers, male officers a....
26 Nov 1:56 pm  from  Bionicbong   [Profile]  [Recent] 

We came across these white grapes for sale at a large department store in Kashiwa, a northern suburb of Tokyo. While they look very tasty....
24 Nov 11:15 pm  from  Zonjineko   [Profile]  [Recent] 

“What on earth” (rough translation). Walking through Kamakura (this is on the Kinokuniya/City Hall crossroads behind the station), I saw....
20 Nov 3:00 pm  from  The View from Japan   [Profile]  [Recent] 

This Fukuoka lady makes sure that both she and her dogs wear matching outfits on their strolls along the seaside. ....
16 Nov 3:00 pm  from  The View from Japan   [Profile]  [Recent]