Japanese Festival (matsuri) Food Explained
Mar 05, 2015 By Bert Wishart
The arrival of spring means only one thing in Japan: hanami. Hanami is a great time when people get together in...[ Click to read more ]
Noritake Garden – Nagoya’s Ceramic Star
Feb 27, 2015 By Bert Wishart
Aichi is well known as a centre of Japanese industry, but what is less well known is that it is also...[ Click to read more ]
Toyota Plant and Museum Tour
Feb 26, 2015 By Bert Wishart
As the third largest producer worldwide, there can be no doubting the importance of the automobile industry to Japan’s economy,...[ Click to read more ]
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 ]
