Japanese were not the only ones who experienced the disaster. There are more than 2 million foreigners live in Japan, and many of them experienced the tremor when it hit…

Japan was hit by a big earthquake yesterday about at 3pm. The center of the quake was off the northeast coast, and it was measured 8.8-magnitude in Miyagi prefecture. It…

13 hours after 8.8 magnitude quake struck northeast Japan, 6.6 magnitude quake hit north Nagano prefecture in central Japan. There have been some aftershocks in Tokyo area too. At the…

  This is a Japanese backscratcher called “Magonote.” Ideal item for a wedding gift, birthday gift, etc.   So CUTE!   This is JAPAN Style! If the eBay link is…

Today, let me introduce a blog post from my favorite Japanese blog again. Do you know ‘Okinawa Prefecture’ in Japan? The weather is warm through the year and it is…

March 3 was the Girls’ day. Families with daughters decorate special dolls. Miki took the picture of the dolls in Tosakaido in Takatori, Nara.  Copyright(C) Miki   →Miki’s twitter← (English…

  iPad has really high potential; it is used in a variety of scene, including at a sushi-go-round restaurant. In May 2010, this Japanese magician posted a video of him…

There’s a blogger out there who loves escalators. She enjoys just watching or riding escalators. She is kind of an “escalator otaku”, I think ;D The spectacular SciFi-looking escalator in…

Located about 30 km northwest from central Tokyo, an old castle town Kawagoe has been known as Koedo, meaning little Edo (old Tokyo). The city preserves old architectures of Edo…

Attitudes about unwanted hair may vary in each country. I guess in Japan, people (especially women) care more about excess hair than in other countries. If nose hair were to…

I’m Japanese but don’t like miso-soup and umeboshi. Do you have any “not Japanese-like” points? >> One day, somebody posted the above comment on the internet. And many people replied…