This buddha is Miroku-Magaibutsu buddha curved into an approx. 30m-large rock face opposite to the River Uta.This is made in the early Kamakura period, and a ceremony was held to…

  Do you know a Hokkaido island called ‘Okushiri Island’?     The island is famous for beautiful sea and a wide variety of fresh seafood such as sea urchin…

When somebody ask you where is your favourite place in Japan, what would you say?  Tokyo?  Kyoto?  Or some other areas you have been or seen before??  As for myself,…

Can you guess where this picture was taken? In The Sahara or The Gobi desert? No 😉 This beautiful desert is located in Western Japan’s Tottori prefecture. Actually, it’s not…

This picture was taken just before the main gate of the shrine shut,so those miko ladies were clearing up.Taken on the day of Chugen mantoro festival at Kasuga Grand Shrine….

I just found an article about Japanese mascot characters event held in Yokohama on 28th and 29th of September!!  You can see many mascot characters created by local councils and…

Coming to Japan may not be very cheap depending on how far away you live from Japan, but you may well not need to worry as there are a wide…

Taken at Gango-ji Temple. Copyright(C) Miki →Miki’s twitter← (English is OK)   This is JAPAN Style!

Do you know samurai warlord of Miyagi prefecture called Shingen Takeda?  He is famous for his eye-catching, gorgeous outfit as well as his appreciation in poetry, cookery and Noh performance.  But…

There are several big cities in Japan, and Tokyo is the largest one among all big cities in Japan.  Sometimes moving up to Tokyo may require a bit of courage…

This is a lighting-up event held at Sanryobo Necropolis historic park of Tsuge, Nara.Last year, the organiser expressed his dream to have a firework here, and here he comes!  There…