Tokyo, an urban city mixed with tradition and modern. It is not easy to describe this multi-faced city with a single word. While many Tokyo introduction videos show especially…

  – What’s B-LABO? Who’s Bungu-o? –   Look at this pencil. It may seem like a normal pencil, but look carefully one more time. You can probably appreciate the…

    Can you believe that you can paint the cherry blossoms above in only 5 minutes? There is this video on YouTube instructing how to paint Japanese style cherry…

  I want to introduce this interesting browser tool that you can make [W:Hokusai] like Japanese wood prints! It is called Hokusai Manga Construction Kit. It is quite simple. You…

  Located on the northwest coast of Honshu (the main island of Japan), Niigata City in [W:Niigata Prefecture], has the largest paddy fields in the country. In Nishikan-ku, a ward…

  I found an interesting blog on miniature pictures posted by a Japanese blogger. So let me introduce it.   This is a miniature-style picture, which has remained popular in…

  For those who love traditional genuine art crafts, I-O Data Device, Inc. and a gold leaf crafts manufacture and sales company, Hakuichi collaborated and made urushi-lacquered-organic-wood USB collection.  

  After having been hit by a heat wave, it was getting cooler in Japan since last week. When it gets colder, the Japanese enjoy having heated sake, which we…

      “Henohenomoheji” is a face drawn with seven hiragana characters, he, no, he, no, mo, he, and ji. It is a popular doodle face and also typical face…

  First I would like you to see this photo. It may not be obvious, but these are statues of Buddha.     These are called Umai–Butsu: Tasty Buddha. But…

In an upscale area of Tokyo, Ginza, there is a unique building standing out conspicuously.     Can you tell what store is in it? Well, it is not cheese…