Miki took this picture at Junkei Festival held at Tsutsuijo Castle in Yamatokoriyama city.The female ninja is holding a throwing star in her hand.  Copyright(C) Miki   →Miki’s twitter← (English…

The recent samurai boom hatched a new style of marriage ceremony, Samurai Armor Wedding!!     In the samurai armor wedding, the groom wears samurai armor and helmet instead of…

  In Sekigahara, [W:Gifu Prefecture], there is a samurai battle themed park named “Sekigahara War-Land.” In the 30,000 square meters park, life-sized concrete samurai statues are exhibited. It is themed…

  Even it is cold, “Bushi(samurai) must not say ‘it’s cold’ in front of people. They took precautions against complaining about something that they couldn’t do anything about it.” Michifumi…

  Located about 50 kilometers east of central Tokyo, Sakura city of [W:Chiba Prefecture], used to have Sakura castle, and there are still vestiges of the castle town in the…

      This is a tanbo art -paddy field art in English- exhibited in Inakadate village in [W:Aomori Prefecture] in 2009. It is NOT painted or burnt but various…

When you hear a word “samurai helmet”, you will imagine stern looking strong helmet, and that’s how a samurai helmet should to be. But I found a helmet that makes…

As an iPhone user, there is a series of iPhone cases that drew my attention. It is JAPAN TEXTURE Special Editions for iPhone 3GS/3G designed by Zohiko.    

Japan is in the middle of a historical hero, [W:Ryoma Sakamoto] (1836-1867) boom. He was a leader of the movement to overthrow the Tokugawa shogunate during the Bakumatsu period (1852-1869)….

    Japan is in a “Sengoku (the Age of Civil Wars) era” boom now. There are films and TV series themed in the era, and people are into the…

  This report shows the journey of a Japanese man who wants to take a picture exactly like the poster he saw. I am going to call him Mr. A…