The capital of daruma dolls (wishing doll), Takasaki City, [W:Gunma Prefecture] annually holds the Japan’s largest daruma market (daruma ichi). I have never been there but I wanted…

“Economical depression”, the word repeats everyday everywhere. Cheap stand-and-drink bars (tachinomi izakaya) get crowded every night, and inexpensive fast fashion including UNIQLO are sold well.   Against those facts, I…

Do you know okonomiyaki?   It’s a popular Japanese food that has been loved over 400 years. It’s simply described as a pizza-like pancake. Wide varieties of ingredients and toppings…

  Not only Japanese people but also Japanese monkeys love hot springs!!    

A Japanese TV show did a survey of foreign tourists in [W:Asakusa], Tokyo, and this is the result of the popular souvenirs top 10. #1: Jika-tabiJapanese traditional footwear known as…

    The other day when I was reading the NIKKEI news paper, I found an article about the President of CHANEL Japan, Richard Collasse. The story was about his…

    Trip Advisor, a travel site, has announced their list of Japan’s Best Hotels, which was collected November 2008 to October 2009.   The Female’s Choice Top 3 are,…

Trip Advisor, a travel site, has announced their list of Japan’s Best Hotels, which was collected November 2008 to October 2009. The Male’s Choice Top 3 are….

    UNIQLO is the major Japanese casual wear chain. Wide varieties of items for all generations are available at reasonable price.  

  A soba stand is often seen at a platform in a Japanese train station, especially in a busy town. It’s kind of a fast food, and called “tachigui soba…

For a busy city-dweller, this would be a possible vacation destination. Ama-cho, a small town in [W:Shimane Prefecture], is a quiet island with beautiful ocean and greens. In this island,…