A Solemn Ceremony at Convenience Stores
2015/03/09 | English, Japanese Culture ceremony in Japan, convenience stores, Japan now, Japanese culture
I am always told by the manager to give it to every customer. But some of them refuse to take it, an
2015/03/09 | English, Japanese Culture ceremony in Japan, convenience stores, Japan now, Japanese culture
I am always told by the manager to give it to every customer. But some of them refuse to take it, an
2015/02/15 | English, Japanese Culture, Japanese system convenience store, Cool Japan, Japan now, Japanese culture, Japanese history, Japanese tradition, robot, Tokyo, Western culture in Japan
In the last article, I wrote about one attitude of customers that annoyed very much the people who w
2015/02/10 | English, Japanese Culture convenience store, divorce, Furo, futon, Japan now, japanese, Japanese culture, Japanese men, Japanese tradition, Kendo, manner in Japan, marriage in Japan
If you are a regular reader of my blog, you may already know that I am very curious about how conven
2015/01/15 | English, Personal thoughts BBC, Boltzmann, Chichibu, Cool Japan, entropy, Japan now, Japanese tradition, Saitama, steam locomotive, Tokyo, trains
I had a chance to see a marvelous scientific TV program of BBC presented by Prof. Jim Al-Khalili. I
2014/12/31 | English, Japanese Culture, Personal thoughts Asakusa, blue light-emitting diodes, Cool Japan, earthquakes, Harajuku, Japan now, Japanese culture, Japanese history, Japanese tradition, Kanji of the year, Kawaii, Nobel prize, Tokyo Sky Tree, typhoons
Today, it is the last day of 2014. How would you define the year of 2014? In Japan, the Kanji (Chine
2014/11/26 | English, Japanese Culture, Personal thoughts Asakusa, gelato, hot springs, Japanese films, Japanese movies, Kannon, Karajishi, Karajishi botan, Ken Takakura, man of men, manliness, Marcello Mastroianni, real man, sweets, Sweets Danshi, tattoo, Toei, Yakuza
A very famous actor, Ken Takakura, passed away on November 10, 2014, at the age of 83.
2014/10/15 | About Tokyo, English, Japanese Food cakes, Cool Japan, deserts, Japan now, Japanese food, Japanese history, Japanese language, Japanese tradition, Jiyugaoka, Mitsukoshi, Mont Blanc, Monte Bianco, Nihonbashi, sweets, Tokyo, Western culture in Japan, what to eat in Japan
What does a word "Mont Blanc" remind you of? A mountain? Or fountain pens? If you like deserts an
2014/10/13 | English, Japanese Culture, Personal thoughts convenience stores, Cool Japan, Darth Vader, Japan now, Japanese culture, Japanese language, Master Yoda, Star Wars, Tokyo
As I wrote in the previous article, a convenient and comfortable life that we’re enjoying now is not
2014/09/29 | About Tokyo, English, Japanese Food, Japanese system, Personal thoughts 24 hours, 7-Eleven, art, Buddhism, cheese, cheese cake, coffee, convenience stores, Family Mart, greed, Japan now, Japanese culture, Japanese food, Japanese history, Japanese sweets, Lawson, Western culture in Japan, what to eat in Japan, Yin and Yang
Do you know KOMBINI? KOMBINI is the abbreviation for Convenience Stores pronounced in very Japane
2014/09/24 | English, Japanese Culture, Japanese Food, Japanese Language anko, botamochi, Cool Japan, deserts, Edo, Japanese culture, Japanese food, Japanese history, Japanese language, Japanese proverbs, Japanese sweets, Japanese tradition, ohagi, Wagashi
Having studied a lot on a Japanese traditional sweet called O-Hagi or Botamochi to write the article
2014/09/05 | English, Personal thoughts animation, anime, bullfrog, cheese, Chiba, Cool Japan, Ichi-go Ichi-e, nature, Sen-no-Rikyu, zen
I would like to share what occurred to us a few days ago. This is all based on a true story, and I w
2014/09/02 | English, Japanese Culture, Japanese Food, Japanese Language, Personal thoughts butter, chocolate, Cool Japan, Dango, futon, Japan now, japanese, Japanese culture, Japanese language, Japanese sweets, Japanese tradition, Kimono, Tatami, Wagashi, Washoku, Western culture in Japan
In the previous article, I wrote about one possible reason the Japanese tend to deny the old and alw
2014/08/31 | English, Japanese Culture animation, anime, Asakusa, Cool Japan, Edo, Iwakura Tomomi, Japan now, Japanese history, Japanese tradition, Meiji, Western culture in Japan
I have no idea about other countries, but I rather feel that “old-fashioned” is an adjective which h
2014/08/25 | English, Personal thoughts animation, anime, cockroach, Earth, insects, ladybird, nature, rhinoceros beetle
Several years ago, on one summer night, some object, quite big and black, flew into my room from a w
I am always told by the manager to
In the last article, I wrote about
If you are a regular reader of my b
I had a chance to see a marvelous s
Today, it is the last day of 2014.