Are you familiar with clam digging? In Japan, people go  clam digging, “shiohigari” in Japanese, for fun from late spring to summer.       Especially during golden week in…

  This is a Japanese traditional Bizen ware vase. Bizen Ware is pottery and stoneware made in Bizen area in Okayama Prefecture. It is the oldest “Nihon Rokkoyou” (The Six…

The result of “What Types of Bedding Do You Use?” poll taken by goo was opened, and futon topped the list over beds.     After the result opening, a…

Let me introduce a blog post from a unique blog site that I read often. The topic is a foo dog of Dazaifutenmangu Shrine in Fukuoka. Foo dog is a…

  Chopsticks are used not only in Japan, but in other countries as well. I guess each country has its own manners and etiquette for handling chopsticks. Today, I would…

Jamaki means a coiled snake. Sometimes the Jamaki coils up some boys. It is a festival to pray for the productiveness of grain held on the old calender of May…

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…

Miki took this picture at Enkouji Temple. It is a small temple, but the foliage is beautiful. The newlyweds wanted their picture taken at the spot. It might be their…

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…

  In Japan, we use personal seals instead of signing names. They are called inkan or hanklo in Japanese. Basically, we use seals in the situations where signatures are used…

Fall Festival Eve at Oomiwa Shrine. Japanese cedar trees growing in Miwa Mountain and the shrine are revered as holy trees. Copyright(C) Miki   →Miki’s twitter← (English is OK)  …