It is a festival held in remembrance of virtue of Hieda No Arei (primarily known for being instrumental to the compilation of the Japanese text Kojiki in 712) at Meta…

  Otaku people have their own special world. And to other people, this world looks very strange and hard to understand. So many otaku people keep their “otaku-ness” kind of…

  This is a Japanese pottery plate. It comes with a Japanese wrapping cloth “furoshiki” (see picture). Ideal item for a wedding gift, birthday gift, etc.   So Beautiful!  …

Miki took this picture when she visited the temple in the evening of August 15.  Copyright(C) Miki   →Miki’s twitter← (English is OK)

Today’s story-teller is adventurer Tatsu Sakamoto who is taking a paid holiday for 4 years and 3 months. He is called ‘a corporate employee adventurer’. It sounds strange, but he…

Basara festival (dance teams in costumes dance in Nara city) is held in Nara city every summer. They are high-spirited. Copyright(C) Miki   →Miki’s twitter← (English is OK)

A sushi platter on a tamago (egg) sushi! Have you ever seen such tiny sushi?     A Nico Nico Douga user created the miniature sushi out of a store…

Image from YouTube video by jg8gwx   There is a beautiful turquoise blue pond that became gradually popular by word of mouth over the last couple of years. Simply called…

About 2,500 lanterns are lined up around the hall annually on August 15.  Copyright(C) Miki   →Miki’s twitter← (English is OK)

It is about keyboards of computers. I am introducing it from one of my favorite Japanese entertainment blogs.     This is a Japanese keyboard of a computer. Hiragana characters…

  This is Mickey Mouse cake-like towel set (face towel, wash towel). Ideal item for a wedding gift, birthday gift, etc.   KAWAII!   This is JAPAN Style! If the…