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In land size, Osaka is, together with Kagawa, the smallest prefecture in Japan. Lying at Osaka Bay, the Yodo and Yamato Rivers flow through the prefec...
In a literary sense, the Taisho period (1912-1926) is a rich time in which seven of the ten best modern fiction writers from the canon were active (So...
We continue our survey of the Japanese Novel with Part Two - 1905-1912.(Part One is here.)In Part One we saw an early-Meiji-period Japan that was so b...
In comparison to the giant sake centers of Nada and Fushimi, the other areas in the Kansai are mere dwarfs. That does not mean you won\'t find excelle...
Hyakunin Isshu, Poem 26Ogura-yamamine no momoji-hakokoro arabaima hitotabi nomiyuki matanamu??????????????????????????If the maple leaveson the peak o...
Mt Miwa, a beautiful conical mountain (467m / 1532ft) north of the city of Sakurai, at the eastern edge of the Yamato basin in Nara Prefecture, is an ...
Kyoto Prefecture is in volume the second sake producing prefecture in Japan (71,286kl or 16.0% - figures 2015) - after Hyogo (28.5%) and before Niigat...
The Yasaka Shrine on the eastern edge of Kyoto plays an important role in the cultural life of the old capital, now and in the past. In July it organi...
The largest sake producing area in the whole of Japan can be found in Hyogo Prefecture, at the seaside of Nishinomiya and in the eastern part of Kobe....
Hyakunin Isshu, Poem 25na ni shi owabaOsakayama nosanekazurahito ni shiraredekuru yoshi mo gana ????????????????????????????If its name is true,"come ...
This is where one begins. On this mountaintop, at the holiest spot of this sprawling complex of temples, in the shadow of these towering cedars, one...
One of the reasons I decided to study Chinese (a decision that shocked both my parents and my teachers at the Grammar School in the small town where I...
This small memoir, that ends on a tone of disillusion, is one of the best accounts of a Westerner coming to terms with Zen and meditation. The Empty M...
Science and education are the pillars of a modern country. This is demonstrated clearly by the development of Japan since the late 19th century. Two s...
Pythagoras calls three the perfect number, expressive of ?beginning, middle, and end,? and he therefore makes it the symbol of the divine. The Japanes...
The next generation of Shinkansen bullet trains will begin testing next year. The state-of-the-art ?Alfa-X? is expected to travel faster than 400 km/h (almost 250 mph!) and will have a range of groundbreaking features.The new bullet train will have... -
?????????Sure, you can get a drink in gay bar most anywhere in the world. Wherever there?s a gay nightlife, there are low-key bars, pulsating clubs, cruisy joints, and just about everything in between. But does your hometown have a gay bar where... -
Entering Commune 246, Minami Aoyama, TokyoOmotesando is the centerpiece of the ultra-trendy Harajuku/Aoyama district. Omotesando intersects with Aoyama-dori which connects the area to Shibuya a little over a kilometer to the south-west. Very near... -
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Tokyo events for Monday, November 19 to Sunday, November 25, 2018
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Makers of Taito: Drawings by Caroline Lavergne
Explore the small workspaces of the many handyworkers of... -
Hi Bumble Bee Mum,
My family is planning to head to Japan – Tokyo and Osaka from the Jan 26 – Feb 3. This is the first time that we are going to Japan. There is a total of 6 adults, 2 children (10 and 6 years old) and an infant. We plan to take... -
Osaka?s autumn leaves transform quiet corners of the busy city into seasonal treats, from temples to mountains and beyond.
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Turning golden brown from late October to late November, Osaka is a great city to explore in autumn. While some... -
?????#5Before the advent of the Raku buses aimed specifically at tourists to Kyoto, both Japanese and foreign, the Kyoto city bus #5 was a popular bus with sightseers as it passes many of Kyoto\'s attractions as it runs north from Kyoto Station,... -
