Marking the 60th anniversary of Orient Watch, official commemorative book was published.  This book tells you all about Orient; its history, royal employees and experienced craftsmen. All are written…

  Miki, the photographer is happy to update her photo, which appears on the cover of the following magazine♪ Maforovist: http://maforovist.com/ Taken at Kikou-ji Temple. Copyright(C) Miki →Miki’s twitter← (English…

  Travel guidebooks are necessary when visiting unfamiliar places. Lonely Planet must be one of the most popular travel guidebooks in the world.   And of course, there is the Japan…

  Tanita Corp. is a maker of health care devices such as weight scales and body fat calculators. These days, Tanita’s main office cafeteria menu has been a topic in the…

  Today, I’d like to introduce a very popular picture book among Japanese children. It’s the “Kobito-Zukan” series illustrated by Toshitaka Nabata. In Japanese, kobito literary means dwarf, and zukan…

Have you ever heard of the word Comiket? Recently a big 3-day Comiket was held in Tokyo, and over 500,000 people enjoyed it. Comiket is the shortened form of “comic…

  Wedding magazines generally contain bridal information such as chapels, wedding dresses, rings, and how to start newly-married life. But I think no wedding magazine had ever contained an official…

Continued from the yesterday’s post, “Book of Craftsmen in Edo Period : Part 1 (リンク).” Iroe Shokunin Burui (1784) by Tachibana Minko The following images are from the reprinted version…

  Do you do something extra when you take a bath? Some people say just having a shower is enough. But in Japan, most people love the ritual of immersion….

A Japanese book published in 1784, Iroe Shokunin Burui depicts craftsmen in the mid Edo period (1603 – 1868). It was written by Tachibana Minko, an ukiyoe-artist from Kyoto in…

Today’s story-teller is writer Tetsuo Ebato. The story is about ‘how-to’. His story begins with Ebato’s aquaintance who is a business manager saying, “How come there are so many how-tos…