This is a weekly headline round-up of the posts titled [Japan after Quake] on our Facebook page.   [Feb. 13] Man works to restore specimens at tsunami-devastated museum. http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/news/20120213p2a00m0na009000c.html Masaru…

  Have you ever used an abacus? It’s an old-fashioned calculator, really. There might be many types of abacuses in the world. In Japan, we call an abacus “soroban”. You…

  This is a handmade (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….

  Normally, this scenery can only be seen on Setsubun and during bon festival (14th and 15th Aug as well as 3rd Feb); however, special exhibition is on now!!  To…

– What’s B-LABO? Who’s Bungu-o? –     The king of stationery (Bungu-o), Masayuki Takabatake, obtained something interesting at an antique fair. A box full of cards. Looks really old. But what…

  Very beautiful accessory box with Japanese washi paper. Best suited to store your stamp collections and accessory such as rings and earrings. We have selling them on our ebay…

  Nara Rurie Illumination started from the following day☆ The scale of illumination seemed to be larger this year, and wider range of events are available including seminars and night…

This is a cell phone strap with very authentic-looking Japanese sushi (negitoro: Minced fatty tuna & scallion). Appearance make it looks like real sushi, so you may be tempted to…

  Have you ever heard of “shirataki”? You may not be familiar with it, but shirataki is a very common food in Japan. It’s a type of “konyaku / konjac” cut into noodle-like strips….

  Traditional Japanese candle sticks set. So cute! Burnable Time: about 55 minutes. [Special features of the Japanese wax candle]There are two characteristics compare to the ones sold in Europe…

  A dancer was praying before Bokujo festival.Taken at Omiwa Shrine. Copyright(C) Miki →Miki’s twitter← (English is OK)   This is JAPAN Style!