2014/01/14 | English, Japanese Culture art, Buddhism, Cool Japan, Genji monogatari, Japan now, japanese, japanese art, Japanese culture, Japanese history, Japanese language, Japanese music, Japanese tradition, Kawaii, Noh, The tale of Genji, Western culture in Japan
Many non-Japanese friends of mine always ask me, "Why Japanese men do NOT express their love?" "Are
2014/01/10 | English, Japanese Culture art, Cool Japan, exhibition, japanese art, Japanese culture, Japanese history, Japanese language, Japanese tradition, museum
This week, I went to see two very interesting exhibitions; Exhibition of Japanese Embr
2014/01/06 | English, Japanese Culture Cool Japan, English education in Japan, exhibition, Japan now, Japanese culture, Japanese history, Japanese tradition, Kawaii, Kumamon, Ukiyo-e, Western culture in Japan, Yuru-chara
I read an article which said the love of the Japanese toward fictional characters were something inf
2014/01/04 | About Tokyo, English, Japanese Food anko, Asakusa, Cool Japan, Dorayaki, Japanese food, Japanese history, Japanese language, Japanese tradition, pancakes, Wagashi, Washoku, Western culture in Japan
Pancakes have become something of a fad for the last two or three years in Japan. If you visit Hara
2014/01/03 | English, Japanese Culture japanese, Japanese language, Japanese tradition, New Year in Japan, Shogatsu
As written in 2 Hours Drive From Tokyo, it is said in Japan, to dream of Mt. Fuji, a hawk, or an egg
2014/01/02 | English, Japanese Culture Japanese bread, Japanese food, Japanese history, Japanese tradition, melon-pan, Western culture in Japan
When I was a small kid, I went to some English speaking country in a school excursion. I was frozen
2013/12/31 | English, Japanese Food Cool Japan, Japanese tradition, New Year in Japan, Omisoka, Shogatsu, soba, toshikoshi soba
Today, on December 31, called O-misoka (the very final day), we have a tradition to eat Soba, thin n
2013/12/23 | English, Japanese Culture, Japanese Food Christmas, Christmas cake, Japanese history, Japanese tradition, Western culture in Japan
Christmas cake - Different from a UK Christmas cake or American fruitcake, the Japanese style Chri
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