A few days ago, one of my friends living in Indonesia posted a sad story on her Facebook page. She is now temporarily staying in Japan for a vacation,…

When I hear a word, Kimura-kun, all I can think of is, without a doubt, one of typical Japanese family name.  But it seems there is not only that but…

  Today I would like to share a fun image synthetic processing app, SAMURAI Wig/J. As you might imagine from its name, this app that lets users quickly experiment with…

Kyoto is one of the popular places to visit in Japan for both Japanese and people from overseas.  There are many traditional food venues you can visit in Kyoto, but…

Kanjonawa rope is hang around the entrance of a village and in the ground of a shrine to welcome deities and Buddhas and exorcise evil spirits from outside of the…

  Today we would like to showcase MYPIC, a custom illustration arrangement service geared especially toward manga lovers. MYPIC artists turn any photo into an illustration. Once you access the…

  Many words can be found in English that have Japanese origins, such as tsunami, otaku, sake and so on. Most of these borrowed words are used correctly, but here…

Nowadays, marriage ring is one of things groom should never forget to prepare for his wedding ceremony in Japan, but as you can easily guess, wearing marriage ring is not…

This is carried out right next to a train track!Person in charge of train track management is standing behind the decorators.  They don’t just stop decorating ropes because it is…

The winter holidays are over and we have at last returned to the rhythms of normal daily life. This year, I didn’t return to my hometown (Sapporo, Japan) because it’s…

Torioi means driving off birds.  According to Miki, the photographer, it really looked like a bird being driven off in this event ^^This ritual started around 3 in the afternoon…