Category Archives: Others

Nosehair Notification Service: “Chololi” English Version

JAPAN Style shared the info about a nosehair notification service called “Chololi”. And today, we would like to introduce its English version. Now you can let your friends know about…

4D Cityscape Tokyo Time Puzzle

A unique three-dimensional jigsaw puzzle called “4D Cityscape Tokyo” will be on the market this fall. It is a puzzle of the scenery in Tokyo with a history experience feature….

Fukushima Cheer-Up Project: Fukukon

  Have you ever heard of a Japanese word “gokon”? According to wikipedia, it’s “a group blind date, typically used to form at least some friendships between two groups that are…

Heartwarming Story: The Love of a Couple Married 50yrs Hatched a Duck Egg

Mr. and Mrs. Hirayabu, a couple married for 50 years, who live in Ashikita, Kumamoto Prefecture hatched a duck egg with their body heat. The local newspaper Kumanichi reported the…

Statement of Regret – DECO version

  Young Japanese girls really love kawaii (cute) things, and often decorate their belongings such cell phones, fingernails and even handwritten letters in their own kawaii ways. One day a…

Dried Flower Girls

  Have you ever heard of the term dried flower girl (“dry flower joshi”)? Probably you have not. It literally refers to a girl who has given up on being…

What’s beyond Their Gaze

This is another post from my favorite Japanese entertainment website. It is about a sculpture in Senso-ji Temple, Asakusa, Tokyo.   It is titled “Jiun no Izumi,” and made in…

Matryoshka Dolls Made from Starbucks Cups

  It’s extremely hot in Japan this summer! People rush to air conditioned Starbucks to enjoy cold drinks. So, Starbucks Cafes are always busy… It is sometimes difficult even to…

Marimo Lake Balls

Lake Akan in Kushiro, Hokkaido is well known as a home of marimo, also known as a lake ball or moss ball. It is a species of green algae.  …

Lucky Plants in Japan

Japanese people love good luck bringers! Among all kinds of auspicious things, I want to write about plants that are considered to be auspicious in Japan.   Hozuki -Ground Cherry…

The Mushroom Swap

  Many types of mushrooms are available at grocery stores, and each kind is delicious. One day, a blogger wonders if mushrooms from grocery stores still look delicious even when…

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