It is already August -the latter half of 2010. Time goes by so fast, doesn’t it? August is my birth month and also a commemorative month of JAPAN…

  I participated in a sewing class with interest the other day. It was a class to make a book cover. The class was held in an evening during the…

July is almost over and Japan is in midsummer. We are hit by a 35 degree-centigrade heat wave. No wonder I have been thinking it’s hotter this summer. I go…

I read about an interesting post about cardboard boxes in another blog, let me share it with you. First, look at this picture.     This picture was taken at…

  When I was looking for a video of Segway on YouTube, I found a unique video of another vehicle.    

  This is Japanese famous seaweed paste, “Gohan-desuyo” from Momoya.     The seaweed paste is boiled with soy sauce, and served on hot rice. Since the flavor is so…

Do you think traveling Japan is expensive? Well, it is. But depending on where you stay, you can save a lot of money. For example, Japanese style bed and breakfasts…

  July 7 is Tanabata, in English, Star Festival in Japan! This festival originated more than 2,000 years ago in China, so it’s celebrated in some other countries in Asia…

Of course, you take pictures when you go on a trip, don’t you? And you probably see some tourists poking their faces through life-size cut-outs and posing for pictures when…

When you hear a word “samurai helmet”, you will imagine stern looking strong helmet, and that’s how a samurai helmet should to be. But I found a helmet that makes…

Let me share some pictures of a unique great statue of Buddha in Japan I found lately. This was reported by a Japanese blogger.   Huge Buddha’s face. Just let…