Today I’d like to introduce a unique kitchen tool: “Easy Butter”, marketed by a Japanese company, Metex. Just insert a lump of butter into Easy Butter,  rotate the body…

It seems the order of Ranryo-o of Samai and Nasori of Umai will be determined depending on winning and losing of this horse race.Taken during the 87th Kasuga Wakamiya Onmatsuri…

  Perhaps you’ve heard about Japanese “Purikura” photo sticker booths. (Details about Purikura >> Wikipedia) Purikura machines have a variety of photo-manipulating functions such as “bigger eyes”, “smaller face” and “smoother…

This buddha is Miroku-Magaibutsu buddha curved into an approx. 30m-large rock face opposite to the River Uta.This is made in the early Kamakura period, and a ceremony was held to…

Is there anything you are collecting as your hobby?  For anime lovers, collecting favourite anime goods such as stationary, budge and figurines can be a hobby.  But recent trend of…

It was probably good memory picture of the day for this lady?(*´∀`*)Taken on a mountain road. Copyright(C) Miki →Miki’s twitter← (English is OK)   This is JAPAN Style!

According to Japan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, over one million Japanese people currently reside abroad. The various cultures and the ways of living might be unfamiliar and hard to get…

Today’s post is written by a guest writer from Ukraine! His name is Mr. Alex Shiroki. Much to my joy, he loves everything of Japan. This time, he tells us a story…

  I assume readers of my blog are generally interested in Japanese tradition and culture, but do you know ‘sensu’ or Japanese ’hand-held fan’? I can almost hear you saying ‘what?  Of…

Japan is approaching to its coldest season now, and people less sweat in this season, but nervousness or shock sometimes make you sweat even in this season.  But there is…

It was the first illumination at Muro-ji Temple this year.Everybody wants to see illumination, and of course, monks, too (^○^) Copyright(C) Miki →Miki’s twitter← (English is OK)   This is JAPAN Style!