Soni Plateau is famous for Japanese silver grass. Miki, the photographer couldn’t arrive here before sunset, but she seemed to enjoy Soni after sunset～♪♪  Copyright(C) Miki →Miki’s twitter← (English is OK)   This is…

There were beautiful sexy figures in Wonder Festival 2010 Japan.   This is JAPAN Style! 

There are many traditions of lion dance handed down in the eastern region of Nara pref.It seems Miki, the photographer has seen many types of lion dance so far, but…

This new generation creative toy called Wammy is making a great hit in Japan.Since its June 2008 release, 200,000 sets of Wammy were sold.Wammy is a pliable plastic piece that…

This dance is said to be originated from an old dance in Nara Period.  Original dance was performed to a god as an offering to cure disease, which Kasugaoh (son…

This was performed by young men in Kamifukawa-cho on 12th Oct, the festival eve.It seems casting used to be restricted to 17 years old and younger; however, due to a…

These are figures of “Professor Layton”, a popular Japanese game series for the Nintendo DS and Nintendo 3DS. You like it? 🙂    This is JAPAN Style!

In this hall, these performers go around bamboo leaves and hand drums by big three jumps. This jumping performance is called Dengaku Yokotobi.Taken is eve of Autumn Festival at Yagyu…

 This is a traditional Japanese New Year decoration, “Kagami mochi” ornament. Kagami mochi usually consists of two round mochi (rice cakes), the smaller placed atop the larger, and a daidai (a Japanese bitter orange)…

This was taken when children’s lion dance was about to start as grandmas and grandpas were warmly looking at them.Mums were also watching them with Happi jacket on to support…

They are “Kappa” dolls, a legendary creature, a type of water sprite found in Japanese folklore. This is like a Halloween party in Kappa world. Copyright(C) japan_style   This is JAPAN Style!