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…

  The other day, Ueno Zoo welcomed two pandas from China (^^).  This story takes place just before the arrival. One blogger went to Ueno to witness the panda fever…

The most romantic day is coming soon, a sweets-decoration art exhibition is held at Seibu Department Store in Shibuya, Tokyo. Produced by a Japanese contemporary artist, Osamu Watanabe, the exhibition…

The dining bar “graffiti artistic dining,” Japan’s first bar that features playable touch-screens opened in an international, night town, Roppongi, Tokyo three months ago. In the 195 square meters lounge,…

  Through the last week, “The 2nd Furusato Festival Tokyo” was held at Tokyo dorm and 379 thousands of people enjoyed Japanese traditional performing arts and local dishes from all…

    How do they sound if the names of Tokyo 23 wards are translated in English? After reading “Names of Japan’s Prefectures Are Cool in English,” I wondered so….

Today’s story-teller is writer Kasumi Asakura. Asakura won the modern rookie writer of the year 6 years ago. She says that she still remembers about the award ceremony. The ceremony…

  Kappabashi Street runs between Ueno and Asakusa in Tokyo. Numbers of shops supplying the restaurant trade clustered on the street. Pots, pans, dishes, chopsticks silverwares, glasses… all kinds of…

Shitamachi is the traditional shopping, entertainment and residential districts of Tokyo. A hundred year ago, the area still had the taste of good old days of Edo period (1603 to…

  This is one of the famous seasonal views of December in Asakusa, Tokyo. Something with lovely painted design is floating in the blue sky! That is called hagoita. Since the…

Maid café is a cosplay restaurant where waitresses dressed in maid costumes and treat customers as masters and mistresses. It is not too much to say that “maid café” became…