Tsukimi: Japan's Enchanting Moon-Viewing Festival

Tsukimi: Japan's Enchanting Moon-Viewing Festival

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Cheers to Oktoberfest: The Ultimate Beer Lover's ParadiseIt all began when the couple tied the knot on October 12, 1810, and the grand celebrations...
How to enjoy this brutal Japanese summer

How to enjoy this brutal Japanese summer

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Living in Japan comes with its own set of challenges, and one that might not be immediately obvious is the sticky, humid summer. Sure, Australia m...
Rainy Season In Japan

Rainy Season In Japan

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Japan's rainy season starts in early summer, between May and July, depending on the region. The wet weather continues for several weeks of rain.  F...
Golden Week and Ultimate form of transportation

Golden Week and Ultimate form of transportation

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What is the most impressive moment when you are traveling in Japan? Is it when you tried Sushi and Sashimi, the specialty of Japanese cuisine, or t...
Delicacy in Japan

Delicacy in Japan

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Traditional Japanese food, known as washoku, is one of the most diverse and fascinating world cuisines. This seasonally-sensitive cuisine developed...
“Oni wa soto, fuku wa uchi!” Is it a spell?

“Oni wa soto, fuku wa uchi!” Is it a spell?

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Winter can be a great season to visit Japan, although many tourists generally believe spring or fall is the best. You can admire the temples under...
Happy New Year!!

Happy New Year!!

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We wish you had wonderful happy holiday season. Our subscribers who enjoy our blog may already know that our culture is very diverse and rich in so...
Luxurious and authentic Japanese Experience

Luxurious and authentic Japanese Experience

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Japan has evolved up to now with many natural disasters, as I mentioned in the last blog. It seems that I am impudent to talk about “all-natural d...
Encountering God in resilience

Encountering God in resilience

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What enriches our nature in Japan?We have had many tourists from not only all over Japan but also from around the world to enjoy the autumn colors ...
How to get the most out of Kyoto

How to get the most out of Kyoto

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Visa-free, independent travel restarted on October 11th. The citizens of 68 countries now get visa-free travel to Japan. You will be given a 90-day...
Autumn Colors of Kyoto

Autumn Colors of Kyoto

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Do you believe superstitions? Any list of superstitions would have to begin with arguably the most well-known and universal superstition: "to knock...
Maiko

Maiko

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What makes Kyoto so special  The history of Kyoto is just more than 1200 years old and is not one of showoffs and curiosity seekers. Many cultures ...
Jidai Matsuri

Jidai Matsuri

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The Okazaki district, where our store is located in one of the centers of Kyoto’s major tourist attractions. Famous temples, Nanzenji-Temple introd...
Tourism in Japan and Art

Tourism in Japan and Art

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Recent Kyoto weather shows that it is quite far from Autumn. The temperature still goes as high as 30 Celsius during the day- time. Tokyo may be th...
Utagawa Hiroshige

Utagawa Hiroshige

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When we talk about Ukiyo-e artists, Without talking about Hokusai, previously we have shared his life in our blog and Utagawa Hiroshige, Nothing wi...
HOKUSAI

HOKUSAI

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Have you ever watched the movie called "Pursuit of Happiness" (Columbia Pictures 2006)"? Yes you are right!! Will Smith and his son played. That m...
Autumn is the season of …….

Autumn is the season of …….

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What comes to your mind when we talk about Autumn? We often describe that autumn is season of ……….. My favorite one will be “Autumn is the season o...
The Obon Week

The Obon Week

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As you might think that Japanese people love festivals in summer. One of the three biggest festivals in Japan, The Gion Festival took the whole mon...
Happy Customer Story: Beste san from Turkey! 🇹🇷

Happy Customer Story: Beste san from Turkey! 🇹🇷

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The Happy Customer Contest was closed at the end of July. We would like to take this opportunity to thank our customers who shared happy stories w...
Happy Customer Story: Therese san from Australia! 🇦🇺

Happy Customer Story: Therese san from Australia! 🇦🇺

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Today we would like to introduce one of our happy customers who posted some lovely entries for the ongoing Happy Customer Contest on Instagram!   ...

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