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Delicacy in Japan
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?
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!!
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
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
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
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
Do you believe superstitions?
Any list of superstitions would have to begin with arguably the most well-known and universal superstition: "to knock...
Maiko
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
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
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
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
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 …….
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
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! 🇹🇷
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! 🇦🇺
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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The Gion Festival
After rainy seasons called TSUYU, the real hot summer season starts. The rain enriches the soil and nature then they transform into a gift of natur...
It is Minazuki
Minazuki means June. It is a Japanese-style of calling for the sixth month in the lunar calendar.
Minazuki has two opposite meanings: the month th...
The New Green Leaves in May
What color comes to mind when you hear “Maple leaves”?
In Japan, there is a custom that viewing green maple leaves this season after cherry blossom...
Hanami: Cherry Blossom Viewing and Spring in Japan
A long, long cold winter is finally gone and spring has arrived in Japan with cherry blossoms blooming all over the country! As the national flower...
