Four weeks to Valentine’s Day! In Japan, it is a day when women give chocolates to men. But in recent years, it is also common that women give chocolate to…

This is the Japanese pottery pair tumbler. The set comes with a beautiful box (see picture). Ideal item for a wedding gift, birthday gift, etc.   Made in JAPAN!   This…

When you go to a Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC) in Japan, you see the founder Colonel Sanders’ statue in front of the restaurant. He is called Colonel ojisan (uncle Colonel)…

After the ritual at Isagawa Shrine, Nanaotome (seven girls), Yurihime (princess of lily) and chigo (children) paraded in the downtown of Nara.Copyright(C) Miki   →Miki’s twitter← (English is OK)

Can you guess what this signboard is for? You may think that the signboard is for an anime festival or something, but it is not. This is for a Buddhist…

  This is a Japanese traditional wrapping cloth called “furoshiki.” Furoshiki have been used in Japan through the ages. They are used mainly for wrapping gifts, but you can also…

A traditional event to pray for destroyed insects. The hazy moon is beautiful. ^_^Copyright(C) Miki   →Miki’s twitter← (English is OK)

  Convenience stores, supermarkets or kiosks… wherever you go, you always find Frisk mints in Japan. The mints are manufactured by the Perfetti Van Melle company (based in Belgium) and…

Today’s story-teller is natural life specialist Noriko Sakoh. “Is there anything I can do to eliminate my husband’s ‘kareishu’?”(The old men’s body odor is called ‘kareishu’ in Japanese.) Lately, Sakoh…

The festival has been held annually on the first Sunday of June for 400 years. It is a festival held in Imazato Kawanishicho Nara. They carry a snake-like straw rope…

  As you can see in the title, “onigiri” means Japanese rice balls. It may sound too simple, but it’ not. We of course have very simple onigiri made only…