This website I am going to introduce today provides a wonderful creative tool! You can play with hiragana and kanji characters to create art piece.     You can play…

“The Words of the Year 2010” ceremony was held last week in Tokyo. The words represent what are popular now in Japan. The word received the grand award was “GeGeGe…

  In Japan bicycles are popularly used, and you often see parking space in towns. The recent bicycle boom rushes parking areas into updating. While numbers of large underground parking…

A little early season’s greetings with the human alphabet (^^;   Did you enjoy last time’s post? Maybe you couldn’t wait for the new post (^^)! Now she is trying…

I found a fun psychological test in a Japanese website. It is easy and I think if you try it you’ll think the result makes sense! You need a piece…

Guess what this woman is doing?   Actually, she is trying to shape all twenty-six letters of the alphabet (capital letters) using her own body. Don’t ask me why (^^;…

  This is a (cell phone) strap with Japanese Nanbu Iron plate painted a flower. The flowers are birth flowers, so there are 12 different designs to choose from. This…

In Kochi Prefecture, there is a rare point where 133 degrees 33 minutes 33 seconds north latitude and 33 degrees 33 minutes 33 seconds east longitude. It is called by…

Let me introduce a unique episode regarding a national flag today. This episode is selected from a photo blog of a Japanese blogger. This is an American base, Naval Air…

Let me introduce a post from a Japanese blog I enjoy reading again. The story is from Osaka.   The domed roof building is Herbis Osaka. It is a famous…

  In Imabari city, Ehime Prefecture, there is a European style palace designed after Belvedere palace in Vienna, Austria. It looks like European nobles live there, but no one lives…