Girls Day and Hina Matsuri Events in Nagoya and Aichi
Feb 23, 2015 By Ray Proper
March starts out with a holiday for girls. The aptly named “Girls Day” coincides with the Hina Matsuri (Doll Festival),...[ Click to read more ]
English Speaking Nail Salon in Nagoya
You can get your nails done in Japan too, in fact the "nail art" they do here is pretty impressive....[ Click to read more ]
Spring Pickings – Strawberry Picking around Tokyo
Feb 13, 2015 By Bert Wishart
Japan has a wonderful association with fruit. While it tends to be a little expensive (at least to the eyes of foreigners...[ Click to read more ]
Finding Ibuprofen or Pain Relievers in Japan
Feb 07, 2015 By Ray Proper
Like me, you might have brought medicines with you from home when you came to Japan, but eventually those run...[ Click to read more ]
Naked ambition – Take part in Konomiya’s Hadaka Matsuri
Jan 27, 2015 By Bert Wishart
“You make your own luck in this world,” as the saying goes. Whoever coined the phrase could have been thinking...[ Click to read more ]
Celebrating the New Year in Yokohama’s Chinatown 2015
Jan 09, 2015 By Bert Wishart
Although Japan adopted the Gregorian calendar in 1873, a celebration of the Chinese year is still an important cultural event....[ Click to read more ]
Pottery Classes in Seto, Gifu at Studio Kasen
Jan 03, 2015 By First Admin
Hiorshige Kato is a fourteenth generation pottery master - his family were one of only four families to be protected...[ Click to read more ]
Legendary Nagano: Folk Tales and Legends from the Roof of Japan
Dec 24, 2014 By Ray Proper
The Story of Lazy Taro is one of 23 stories in Legendary Nagano: Folk Tales and Legends from the Roof...[ Click to read more ]
Hatsuhinode in Nagoya 2015
Dec 24, 2014 By Ray Proper
Among the many customs associated with "oshogatsu," or New Years, are a good many firsts; from the first trip to...[ Click to read more ]
Lost Items in Japan and Shareikin Rewards
Dec 16, 2014 By First Admin
In Japan there is a very old system of "lost and found", based on a 1300-year-old system preceding Japan's urbanization...[ Click to read more ]
