In the past few years, non-fried doughnuts such as steamed, baked, and uncooked doughnuts have been popular among young women.   Mushi (Steamed) Doughnuts A major doughnut franchise Mister Donut…

Shrine maidens were doing summer-cleaning at Omiwa Shrine. The sticks with paper streamers are not dusters but onusa, wands used in Shinto rituals. Copyright(C) Miki   →Miki’s twitter← (English is…

  In Edo period (1603-1868), there were no ready-made kimono; therefore, when they want new kimono, they went to kimono shop and bought kimono materials, and then placed orders with…

Today’s story-teller is screenwriter Kumiko Tabuchi, who wrote “Atsuhime” which was aired on NHK. The story is based on her interview. First, answering to the question when she decided to…

Rice bran has been used for skin care since long ago in Japan, as it has vitamin B1, B2, E which help to brighten, smoothen and moisten skin. In this…

  Otaku-idols, Sweets-idols, and Korean idols… Now Japan is full of many kinds of idols. And this time, a new-type of idol has been born thanks to YouTube. Her stage…

  This is a Japanese traditional hand towel “TENUGUI”. They are used mainly for hand towel, but you can also use them for many other purposes according to your wishes….

On this blog, we have made posts about digital clocks called Bijin-Tokei and Hanayome-Tokei. With these devices, beautiful girls or brides tell you the time. And today, we would like to…

“Summer purification rite” at Omiwa Shrine, in Nara. They walk through the straw ring to purify themselves. Copyright(C) Miki   →Miki’s twitter← (English is OK)   This is JAPAN Style!…

  The videos of a man making toothpick anime figures have been popular in Niconico Douga (Japanese major video site). The artist is a Niconico user, Souki, who used to…

  This is a weekly headline round-up of the posts titled [Japan after Quake] on our Facebook page.   [Jun. 27] Elderly people living in temporary housing feel lonely & miss…