In Japan, there is a variety of designs for taxi top signs, and each taxi company has a distinctive top light. It’s kind of a familiar sight to us Japanese,…

Kid’s dance was performed with full of energy at the final of the 1300th anniversary of Nara Heijo-kyo Capital Festival on November 7. The festival was held for 198 days….

  Seiko Epson Corporation unveiled a new watch that tells time with “hibachi furin” sound. Hibashi furin refers furin (wind chime) made of hibachi, metal chopsticks for handling charcoal. Having…

Tayama Elementary School ended its 128-year-long history in 2003. You can imagine kids washing brushes after an art class. Copyright(C) Miki   →Miki’s twitter← (English is OK)   This is…

Some women are good at dodging men’s advances. When they start to sense romance after going out together several times, they turn down the men. Those women are called “Hagure…

Look at these photos below. People are wearing something strange on their chins (@_@)! Are they cosplayers copying some kind of manga characters? No, actually those beard-ish things are made…

There are new lives coming into this world in places where we cannot see. Miki took this picture of the moss at Muroji Temple. Copyright(C) Miki   →Miki’s twitter← (English…

  More we get closer to summer, more we crave for this ice popsicle called Gari Gari Kun, which has been popular among children and adults as a reasonable refreshment…

  This is a weekly headline round-up of the posts titled [Japan after Quake] on our Facebook page.   [May 23] Snatch theft on the rise due to darkness from…

This is a picture of old Tayama Elementary School. The school ended its 128-year-long history in 2003. It is now used as an event hall. Copyright(C) Miki   →Miki’s twitter←…

  Yatsuhashi is one of Kyoto’s traditional wagashi (Japanese sweets). It is made from glutinous rice flour, sugar and cinnamon. There are two types of yatsuhashi, baked and unbaked. Baked…