A British Dry Cleaning Shop in Minami Aoyama!

    Dry Cleaning & Fashion Care Specialty Shop from London, “JEEVES”, opened their 1st store, “JEEVES TOKYO”, in the British Arcade Shop, “Vulcanize London Aoyama” (Minami Aoyama 5, Minato-ku)…

What is the Origin of Suika-wari or Watermelon Cracking of Japan?

I know I just wrote about watermelon the other day, but here is another watermelon episode to share with you, which is about watermelon cracking of Japan! Suika-wari or Watermelon cracking…

[Photoblog] Nara-Tokae Festival

Taken at Sarusawa-ike, one of the venues of Nara Tokae Festival. Copyright(C) Miki →Miki’s twitter← (English is OK)   This is JAPAN Style!

Fancy One of Those? Square Watermelon from Japan!!

  Hot!  Hot!! Hot!!!  Is there any way it will cooler?  Even a bit?? (><) Sometimes, I’m just unable to find any other things to say apart from this, but…

[Photoblog] Summer Festival

Miki, the photographer is happy that she managed to take a picture of typical scene of Tsuri-bashi Festival.Taken during Tsuri-bashi Festival at Totsukawa Village. Copyright(C) Miki →Miki’s twitter← (English is OK)  …

KIBIDANGO – a joy to give it goes together with a joy to take it

  Do you know the story of Momotaro, a well-known Japanese folk tale? It is a popular story that Momotarō is given millet dumplings by his foster mother and goes…

[Japan after Quake] Congrats to an Ex-volunteer Chef in Ishinomaki

  Ishinomaki Keizai Shimbun announced top 10 articles in the page view ranking for the first half of the year. The news which topped the list was the below article…

Prefectures with Higher Disposable Income in Japan

Tokyo, Osaka, Fukuoka, Nagoya…  There are many big towns in Japan, but which prefectures generally receive higher salary than other areas you think?  Today, I would like to introduce an…

[Photoblog] Firework of Totsukawa Village

According to Miki, the photographer, this festival venue looked nice and mysterious with mist before firework starts, so she tried to capture it.And she managed to take first bits of…

New Political Party Launched? AJOP or All Japan Obachan Party

Have you heard of new Japanese group called All Japan Obachan Party? It is a community based organisation created on facebook by a female associate professor, who was sick and…

Summer Festivals 2013

The summer festivals which will for sure build enthusiasm among people all over Japan are forthcoming. The number of the dance fests during the summer time in Japan is countless;…

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