Category Archives: Books & Magazines

ORIENT Watch 60th Anniversary Official Commemorative Book

  Marking the 60th anniversary of Orient Watch, official commemorative book was published.  This book tells you all about Orient; its history, royal employees and experienced craftsmen. All are written…

[Photoblog] Maforovist

  Miki, the photographer is happy to update her photo, which appears on the cover of the following magazine♪ Maforovist: http://maforovist.com/ Taken at Kikou-ji Temple. Copyright(C) Miki →Miki’s twitter← (English…

Traveling Tokyo with Lonely Planet: Part1

  Travel guidebooks are necessary when visiting unfamiliar places. Lonely Planet must be one of the most popular travel guidebooks in the world.   And of course, there is the Japan…

Tanita’s Healthy Restaurant

  Tanita Corp. is a maker of health care devices such as weight scales and body fat calculators. These days, Tanita’s main office cafeteria menu has been a topic in the…

Kobito-Zukan: The Dwarf Encyclopedia

  Today, I’d like to introduce a very popular picture book among Japanese children. It’s the “Kobito-Zukan” series illustrated by Toshitaka Nabata. In Japanese, kobito literary means dwarf, and zukan…

Why Is “Comiket” So Popular?

Have you ever heard of the word Comiket? Recently a big 3-day Comiket was held in Tokyo, and over 500,000 people enjoyed it. Comiket is the shortened form of “comic…

Wedding Magazine that Contains “Notification of Marriage” Sheet

  Wedding magazines generally contain bridal information such as chapels, wedding dresses, rings, and how to start newly-married life. But I think no wedding magazine had ever contained an official…

Picture Book of Craftsmen in Edo Period : Part 2

Continued from the yesterday’s post, “Book of Craftsmen in Edo Period : Part 1 (リンク).” Iroe Shokunin Burui (1784) by Tachibana Minko The following images are from the reprinted version…

Happy Long Bath Time

  Do you do something extra when you take a bath? Some people say just having a shower is enough. But in Japan, most people love the ritual of immersion….

Picture Book of Craftsmen in Edo Period : Part 1

A Japanese book published in 1784, Iroe Shokunin Burui depicts craftsmen in the mid Edo period (1603 – 1868). It was written by Tachibana Minko, an ukiyoe-artist from Kyoto in…

Wasabi Stories vol.237: “Do not Get Stuck to the Definite Shape”

Today’s story-teller is writer Tetsuo Ebato. The story is about ‘how-to’. His story begins with Ebato’s aquaintance who is a business manager saying, “How come there are so many how-tos…

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