This is the Japanese SUPER MARIO BROS. 25th Anniversary BOOK (all Japanese).Special sound track CD is attached (see photo). [Contents]Commentary of all Mario series softwareThe history of MarioInterviewGoods collection,…

  Instant ramen is one of the snack foods loved by many countries (most people in Japan eat it as a meal though). I think you find various Japanese brand…

  I think many of you have dogs. They are so interesting and it never gets boring to watch them. Today, I want to share some dog videos found Japanese…

  This is a Japanese traditional wrapping cloth called “furoshiki” style bag. It is newspaper design. Furoshiki have been used in Japan through the ages. They are used mainly for…

Have you ever heard of Thai temple located in Chiba prefecture? This is it.   It looks very Thai, doesn’t it?   This is Wat Paknam temple. The name is…

  Green tea is rich in vitamin C, especially sencha (green tea grown in full sun) contains 2.6 times more vitamin C than a lemon does, so it brightens skin…

  This is a Japanese traditional door curtain “NOREN”. NOREN are hanged from ceilings of entrances or doorways to divide a space. In Japan, NOREN are used in stores as…

Interesting story was posted in a Japanese blog which I read lately.     These drawings are the duck-rabbit illusion drawn about 100 years ago by American psychologist Joseph Jastrow….

Let me introduce a Japanese blog that I often read. The story is about T-shirts. There are many shops that sell T-shirts with kanji (Chinese character) or hiragana. Especially in…

“The Words of the Year 2010” ceremony was held last week in Tokyo. The words represent what are popular now in Japan. The word received the grand award was “GeGeGe…

Japanese people have a habit of visiting our family graves every few months. Maybe this is a custom in your country, too (^^).  We light candles, place some flowers and…