400 fireworks were set off near the Council Hall in the Heijo Palace, which was the Imperial Palace of Japan between year of 710 and 784. Copyright(C) Miki   →Miki’s…

A few months ago, JAPAN Style featured an article (http://www.japanstyle.info/05/entry17051.html) about a unique mascot character, Manbe-kun. He is a character from a small town, Oshamanbe Town in Hokkaido. Usually, mascot characters…

A Japanese science fan who had wanted to see the orbits of satellite developed an online satellite tracker, which took him to see a space shuttle launching with his own…

2,500 lanterns were lined on the approach of Todai-ji temple for the Annual Memorial Service for the Ancestors (the Mantou-Koyou-E). Prayer for the quake and tsunami stricken area were written…

Delicious looking food is always accompaniment of Ghibli films. In the cartoons, even a plain rice ball or ordinary sunny-side-up fried eggs are mouth-watering. Some Ghibli fans make exact the…

  What is the most impressive memory of your childhood summer vacations? According to a survey, most Japanese people say “radio taiso (gymnastic exercises)”.  Radio taiso is used “as a…

People often say “Living in Japan is expensive,” but is it true? Some people say “It depends.” Then, what are expensive things and inexpensive things in Japan?     Today,…

Todai-ji Temple Annual Memorial Service for the Ancestors (the Mantou-Koyou-E). The service was conducted in a solemn atmosphere. Copyright(C) Miki   →Miki’s twitter← (English is OK)     This is…

  This is a weekly headline round-up of the posts titled [Japan after Quake] on our Facebook page.   [Aug. 8] Disaster puts trade balance in the red for first…

  The golden ratio is widely known as the divine proportion that was employed in historical architectures such as pyramids and the Pantheon. But do you know there is also…

Roasted barley tea is a caffeine-free tea made from barley. In Japan, it is called mugi-cha and cold mugi-cha is popular summer drink here.     It tastes like non-bitter…