Kitchen garden is no more for only elder people or retired people in Japan. In recent years, kitchen garden is popular among 20s to 30s young people.  

A naked boy proudly welcomes the visitors at the main gate of a shrine called Momotaro-jinja in Inuyama, [W:Aichi Prefecture].   He is the hero from Japanese folk-tale Momotaro (known…

  I found an awesome website yesterday !  😯 It’s the Saga Prefecture’s official page. What is awesome about the website is the DESIGN. Please look at this first. “Seeing…

  I saw news about very strange “Brushing Teeth Robot Contest” was held in [W:Fukui Prefecture]. This annual contest was started to celebrate “Good Teeth Day” on November 8th, and…

    New Year’s sales started yesterday at Japanese department stores. The main feature of Japanese New Year’s sale is fukubukuro, which means “lucky bag”, and it’s filled with unknown…

  One of the most famous Japanese fortune teller, Suzuko Sugano, also known as “Mother of Harajuku (Harajuku no Haha)”, tells your fortune for 2010.

  HAPPY NEW YEAR 2010!!! Different countries have different customs for a new year. In Japan, many people visit shrines or Buddhist temples with family and friends to pray for…

    All kinds of things happened this year as well as each past year. When I look back 2009, the following news are the first things come up in…

    In the night of New Year’s Eve, fierce monsters called Namahage visit houses in the Oga Peninsula in [W:Akita Prefecture]. With a big kitchen knife in his hand,…

  The other day, I got acquainted with a bottle engraver, who customizes a bottle by engraving names and designs. Her name is Miss Yorie HATAKEYAMA .   I think…

  Can you tell what this is? It’s an clock with railroad crossing alarm made by BANPRESTO CO.,LTD, a Japanese game company. The price is 2,600 yen (approx. 28 US…