Japanese KURETAKE Calligraphy Fude Pen Makie Rabbit

    Makie is a traditional Japanese craft. We have re-created its beautiful patterns in the body. Please enjoy the special colorfulness and brightness of Makie.  The pen tip uses…

[Japan after Quake] Headline Round-up : September 3 – September 17

  This is a weekly headline round-up of the posts titled [Japan after Quake] on our Facebook page.   [September 12] Japan must help dispose of debris floating across Pacific. http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/editorial/T120904002951.htm Actively…

No Need to Mix Up at All? Tasty Natto Products from Natto Specialty Shop

Natto can be the most hated Japanese food overseas, but believe me, it goes well with almost everything such as rice, soba, miso soup and omelette!  According to an article…

Pilot Namiki Fountain Pen Daruma F Nib Maki-e

  The luxurious fountain pen “Namiki” was made in the year 1930 in co-operation with Dunhill Co., as a product of “Dunhill-Namiki”. Even after long time, nowadays it is still highly…

[Photoblog] Goldfish Scooping

According to Miki, the photographer, this girl was really good at scooping goldfish~^^Taken during Yoshino Gongen Festival. Copyright(C) Miki   →Miki’s twitter← (English is OK)   This is JAPAN Style!

Let’s Try to Be a Ninja!

  Japanese kids think and hope to be a ninja at least once, watching popular manga program such as “Ninja Hattori-kun”, “Nintama Rantaro” or “NARUTO”. The writer of this article…

Nagasawa Original Leather Pen Case

  The Nagasawa Stationery Center, which was established in 1882 in the port town of Kobe and since then has been selling various stationery goods, has developed an elegant, Kobe-like…

[Photoblog] Wisher at a Shrine

Miki, the photographer wondered what this girl was wishing to a god…? (*^_^*)Taken during Fuchinsai Festival at Tatsuta Shrine. Copyright(C) Miki   →Miki’s twitter← (English is OK)   This is JAPAN Style!

NAGASAWA Original Sailor Fountain Pen (Redden)

    Are you a fountain pen lover? Having in mind its Kobe origin, Nagasawa Stationery Center Co. based in Kobe started selling its fountain pen of an original design…

Department Store Diet

  One day, the writer of this article found a comment on twitter like this: There is one way how to lose weight. Going out to Shinjuku or Ginza in…

[Photoblog] Wishing for Well-Being of Children

While children of the Naramachi Rhymes Class was jumping ropes, singing traditional Japanese childrens’ songs, this chief priest of the temple kept fatherly eyes on them.Miki, the photographer found this…

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