Folding laundry is no fun… If you are in a big family, it’s a heavy work. I’ve always wanted to get it done quickly, and finally found the trick…

    New Year’s sales started yesterday at Japanese department stores. The main feature of Japanese New Year’s sale is fukubukuro, which means “lucky bag”, and it’s filled with unknown…

  Not only Japanese people but also Japanese monkeys love hot springs!!    

    Many Japanese people are off work during the first three days of a year, when family and friends get together for New Year’s greeting. One of the traditional…

  One of the most famous Japanese fortune teller, Suzuko Sugano, also known as “Mother of Harajuku (Harajuku no Haha)”, tells your fortune for 2010.

      In Japan, we eat traditional Japanese New Year foods called osechi, during the first three days of the new year. The foods are beautifully dished in special…

  HAPPY NEW YEAR 2010!!! Different countries have different customs for a new year. In Japan, many people visit shrines or Buddhist temples with family and friends to pray for…

    All kinds of things happened this year as well as each past year. When I look back 2009, the following news are the first things come up in…

    In the night of New Year’s Eve, fierce monsters called Namahage visit houses in the Oga Peninsula in [W:Akita Prefecture]. With a big kitchen knife in his hand,…

  Tonight, Scottish singing sensation Susan Boyle will perform on Japan’s long-running music show “Kohaku Uta Gassen” (“Red and White Song Battle”) which is presented by the country’s public broadcaster…

Poupee Girl is a Japanese social networking service (SNS) featured fashion brands. It opened in February 2007, and gained over 300,000 users by March 2009. The 98 % of users…