[Photoblog] Plum Blossoms

Miki took this picture with a background of sunset in Oiwakebairin, Nara. Copyright(C) Miki   →Miki’s twitter← (English is OK)

[Photoblog] Welcoming Spring

Shunie Festival at Todaiji Temple. They burn large torches. Copyright(C) Miki   →Miki’s twitter← (English is OK)

What One Needs to Help Others

  Four days passed since the major earthquake. Fortunately, the damage wasn’t so big here in Tokyo while the areas around the center of the shock were severely damaged –…

Japanese Students Made Armsuit like Skeletonics

  Japanese student team Skeletonics Production Committee made “action-extend” suit, named Skeletonics, which a combined word of skeleton and mechanics. End of the last month, they announced the completion of…

Wasabi Stories vol.240: “It is Hard to Keep Doing Things”

Today’s story-teller is Kabuki actor Kamejiro Ichikawa. The story is about leading Japanese philosopher Takeshi Umehara. One day, Ichikawa visited Umehara’s house in Kyoto. Sometimes monkeys and wild boars are…

[Photoblog] Ring, ring

‘Onda Festival’ at Asukaniimasu Shrine is one of the 3 Japanese strange festivals. They dedicate Uranomai dance. Copyright(C) Miki   →Miki’s twitter← (English is OK)

Messages From the World : Pray For Japan

A great number of messages are arriving from all over the world. They are collected on the website called “NAVER”. Let me introduce a part of them (image messages).  …

Nuclear Plant Problem: What’s Going On?

    The world is really concerning about the nuclear power plant in the disaster area in northeast Japan. At the Fukushima Daichi Nuclear Power Plant, following to No. 1…

Useful Earthquake Information

Yesterday on my Facebook page, I made a lot of posts about the earthquake. Let me collect them and add some more info here. Please read this through especially if…

Donate for Quake and Tsunami Relief

According to the latest report, the death toll from the 8.8 earthquake exceeded 1000 and more than 640 people are missing. Several towns were totally destroyed and unable to make…

Reaction of Foreigners Staying in Japan to the Quake

Japanese were not the only ones who experienced the disaster. There are more than 2 million foreigners live in Japan, and many of them experienced the tremor when it hit…

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