Does your camera have a function called “pet shooting mode”? This function automatically recognizes your pets’ faces so that you can easily record their daily lives. Today, our blogger…

  As I wrote in the past post, “New Year’s Visit to Shrine Online?”, during the new year holiday, most Japanese visit shrines or temples to pray for health, happiness,…

6th of January was shokan, the second coldest day in Japan. The coldest season is yet to come; however, it is still winter and cold for us. An article for…

The very high-pressure entrance exam season is about to come here in Japan!  For those examinees who are suffering from bad tummy due to too much pressure, I found an…

  Finally it’s New Year’s Eve. 2011 has felt like a long year, yet it also seems to have passed in a flash for me. How was 2011 for you?…

Today, I’d like to introduce an article about effectively utilized rooftop spaces of Japanese department stores.  They used to be a space for small-sized amusement park to attract families with…

Today’s topic is about houses, which may be the biggest shopping in a life time for the most of people.   In Japan, there are many old temples and shrines…

  Travel website AB-ROAD reports a 10% increase in the number of inquiries about overseas travel for this coming year-end and new year. People, after traveling abroad, sometimes rediscover their own…

This topic may sound slightly sad when we are just approaching family gathering season ^_^  “Single customer” targeted business has been focused in Japan, and it finally came to open…

With Christmas just around the corner, how are you getting along?? Today, I’d like to introduce an article about energy saving illuminations in Japan.   It is usually the time…

It’s almost the middle of December now!  I assume that some of you may be furiously busy to make sure everything is ready for Christmas.  But when you say December…