Today, I would like to introduce an article about an event to make a candy house. I assume that many of you must have read the tale of Hansel and…

In Japan, characteristics of houses differ with regions. The houses I saw in a blog post were very peculiar among others.    It is one of the worst high-wind sites…

 A wheel at a 180 year-old house. It looks lonely… Copyright(C) Miki   →Miki’s twitter← (English is OK)   This is JAPAN Style!  

There is a unique guest house called “Nama Nushi House” in Katsushika ward, Tokyo. What makes it special is the house rule that the residents must “do life-casting,” which means…

The result of “What Types of Bedding Do You Use?” poll taken by goo was opened, and futon topped the list over beds.     After the result opening, a…

Yoro Park (Site of Reversible Destiny Yoro Park) in Gifu Prefecture is a vast, 18,000 square-meter modern art piece created by contemporary artist Shusaku Arakawa and poet Madeline Gins. This…

There was a popular weekly TV show that introduces useful household tips and tricks, titled “Ito-ke no shokutaku,” which translates in English “The Ito Family’s Dining Table.” Although the show…

Today, let me introduce a blog post from my favorite Japanese blog again. Do you know ‘Okinawa Prefecture’ in Japan? The weather is warm through the year and it is…

  Located about 50 kilometers east of central Tokyo, Sakura city of [W:Chiba Prefecture], used to have Sakura castle, and there are still vestiges of the castle town in the…

      This is a famous Japanese ukiyoe (woodblock printing) artist, Hokusai(1760-1849)’s “Great Wave off Kanagawa.” Because this is very famous, you may have seen the image used on…

      In Japan, “obake-yashiki (haunted house)” is considered as a summer thing. In recent years, summer-limited-open haunted houses have been increasing.