[Photoblog] Little Treat after Festival

After Jidai Parade of Yamato Koriyama castle festival, kids are entitled to have some little treats~♪ Taken at Genkuro Inari Shrine. Copyright(C) Miki   →Miki’s twitter← (English is OK)   This is JAPAN Style!

Samurai Culture Influences Japanese Men’s Shyness

  It is a well-known fact worldwide that Japanese people are shy. Especially speaking of Japanese men, they can be quite shy and not very skilled at escorting women in…

Japanese Visual Kei Air Band Break Onto the International Music Scene?

Today, I would like to introduce an article about a visual kei band, which is grabbing attention of people in Japan. This very unique air band is called “Golden Bomber”, and…

[Photoblog] Gorgeous Parade of Ryosenji Temple

12 branches with each mask, monks, their followers, rose mikoshi or divine palanquin and children paraded in the premise of temple with drum and fife group in the lead. Taken…

[Photoblog] Kannon and Seshi Bosatsu

Miki, the photographer thought that these two bosatsu were the toughest role in this event ^^ Taken is a festival of Taimadera Temple. Copyright(C) Miki   →Miki’s twitter← (English is OK)   This…

How to Achieve Photo Lavitation

  You might have seen photos of people (like super yogis!) floating in the air. It is cool but quite difficult (or rather, impossible…) One day, our blogger Mr. H…

[Photoblog] Annular Solar Eclipse

Miki, the photographer though that cloud made these look even better ^^ Copyright(C) Miki   →Miki’s twitter← (English is OK)   This is JAPAN Style!

Mystery of the Rapid Increase: No. of People Take Lunch at Their Desk

Today, I would like to introduce an article about recent trend in how Japanese people have their lunch at their office. Food is always nice to have with family or…

[Photoblog] Dragon in Ryosenji Temple♪

Miki, the photographer found it’s very interesting to compare dragons in a temple from one another.^^ Taken at Ryosenji Temple. Copyright(C) Miki   →Miki’s twitter← (English is OK)   This is JAPAN Style!

[Japan after Quake] Headline Round-up : May 14 -20

  This is a weekly headline round-up of the posts titled [Japan after Quake] on our Facebook page.   [May 14]  Art Students League’s “Scroll for Japan” to Benefit Tsunami Disaster…

[Photoblog] Statue of Princess Chujo

This princess was ill treated by her step mother, and became a nun of Taima-dera temple.  It has been told that she gathered thread from lotus flowers, and woven up…

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