[Photoblog] Yoshino

There is Senbonguchi Station below. (Near Kintetsu line, Yoshino Station)  Copyright(C) Miki   →Miki’s twitter← (English is OK)   This is JAPAN Style!

How Far Can We Go Under the Tokyo Station?

Image by The Tetsudo Kaikan   Being in the rainy season, we really appreciate underground passageways because they connect stations, buildings, and complexes, so we can walk from place to…

[Japan after Quake] Headline Round-up : May 30 – Jun 5

  This is a weekly headline round-up of the posts titled [Japan after Quake] on our Facebook page.   [May 30] 170 foreign language school students in Tokyo & Sendai…

[Photoblog] Yoshino is Burning

Miki took this picture at Senbonguchi Station (near Kintetsu line, Yoshino Station). Copyright(C) Miki   →Miki’s twitter← (English is OK)   This is JAPAN Style!

No Phone Number Needed – Reengo Free iPhone App

A Japanese web planning company, KAYAC, has released a FREE iPhone app called Reengo that allows FREE phone calls using 3G or WiFi network connections. There are already similar and…

[Photoblog] Sunshine Filtering Through Foliage

At Tanzan Shrine. Copyright(C) Miki   →Miki’s twitter← (English is OK)   This is JAPAN Style!

How to Keep Your Plastic Umbrellas from Being Stolen

  The rainy season has come in Japan. We can’t part with umbrellas. Sometimes we buy plastic umbrellas to protect against unexpected rain at convenience stores, supermarkets, and from vending…

[Photoblog] Wild

Miki took this picture at the Daibutsu Pond at Todaiji Temple. You can see deer with such imposing antlers in the end of fall. Copyright(C) Miki   →Miki’s twitter← (English…

Middle-aged Housewives Dance in Bug Repellent CM

  These videos are the TV commercials for insect repellents line of Kincho (official name is Dainihon Jochugiku Company), a household products company which developed the first spiral-shaped mosquito-repellent incense (mosquito…

[Photoblog] Light in the Nara Park

Miki took this picture at Nara Park. Copyright(C) Miki   →Miki’s twitter← (English is OK)   This is JAPAN Style!

Make Your Personal Seals in Japan

  In Japan, we use personal seals instead of signing names. They are called inkan or hanklo in Japanese. Basically, we use seals in the situations where signatures are used…

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