When Miki, the photographer looked at a window of a store, she found a maple leaf and a bare branch. She sensed that winter is approaching a little closer. Copyright(C)…

Where on earth is this? It does not look like Nara at all… Copyright(C) Miki   →Miki’s twitter← (English is OK)

On February 11, the plains in Nara was covered with snow for the first time in years. Miki took this picture at Nigatsudo in Todaiji Temple. Copyright(C) Miki   →Miki’s…

It is the five-storied pagoda of Kofukuji Temple dusted with snow. Copyright(C) Miki   →Miki’s twitter← (English is OK)

  After having been hit by a heat wave, it was getting cooler in Japan since last week. When it gets colder, the Japanese enjoy having heated sake, which we…

    During winter, a lot of fisher’s tents are seen on iced lakes in Japan. Their target is wakasagi (Japanese smelt), and it’s only about 15cm or smaller.  

  Not only Japanese people but also Japanese monkeys love hot springs!!    

  During winter, simply baked sweet potato, yakiimo is eaten as snack in Japan. Home baked yakiimo are good but it’s easy to get from a yakiimo vender who drives…

    There are varieties of pocket warmers, called ”KAIRO” in Japanese sold in Japan, and you can get one at any convenience stores, supermarkets and drug stores. The major…

Even though Japan is an island, it gets really dry during winter.

    Oden is a Japanese hot pot which includes boiled eggs, daikon radish, konnyaku, fried tofu pouch with mochi, and different kinds of fish cakes. The ingredients are stewed…