14-step decoration of hina dolls in a mansion previously owned by Kawamoto family (3-story wooden building, built 89 years ago) uses staircase between the second floor and the third…

Found a big Doraemon Dakko-chan (embraceable doll), Miki released the shutter in spite of herself. At Onpara Festival. Copyright(C) Miki   →Miki’s twitter← (English is OK)   This is JAPAN…

  It’s extremely hot in Japan this summer! People rush to air conditioned Starbucks to enjoy cold drinks. So, Starbucks Cafes are always busy… It is sometimes difficult even to…

The Twitter user who is most followed in Japan is Gachapin, a popular Japanese television character. Started Twitter in 2009, he now has 997,000 followers! Gachapin is 5-year-old green dinosaur…

Let me introduce a blog post from my favorite Japanese entertainment blog as usual.   It is Saitama city, Saitama Prefecture near Tokyo. The blogger saw a cylindrical object made…

March 3 was the Girls’ day. Families with daughters decorate special dolls. Miki took the picture of the dolls in Tosakaido in Takatori, Nara.  Copyright(C) Miki   →Miki’s twitter← (English…

The Doll’s Festival, also known as Girls’ Day is coming this Thursday. Many households which have small girls in the members decorate hina-ningyo dolls in their houses. But it is…

  TAKARA TOMY’s “Nohohon Zoku” are toys that give peaceful atmosphere to fidgety, fretful people. They have big spherical heads with smiley faces, and are nodding all the time powered…

  Do you know karakuri dolls? They are Japanese automata invented during the 17th century to 19th century. For example, the picture above is a tea serving mechanical doll, which…

I have found interesting pictures again from a Japanese blog I often read. It is a picture of a garbage truck in Japan.     It is a garbage truck…

This topic got popular a long time ago in the Japanese largest internet forum, 2channel. Since was so hilarious, I am going to show it to you. First, look at…