?????A Champion of Japan?s Right Wing Is Jailed Over Campaign Payments ...
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Ebichiri (lit. â€shrimp chiliâ€) is grilled shrimp with doubanjiang, which may or may not contain chili peppers (based on which level ...
Osechi is the traditional Japanese New Year’s meal comprised of a number of small dishes into a single presentation. Each osechi dish has i ...
The Tokyo Skytree certainly became a new symbol of Tokyo and is very popular among tourists. But is it really worth visiting Tokyo Skytree considering ...
I recently got to spend some time in Tokyo again and wanted to visit animal and theme cafes that I haven’t been to yet. Cat cafes are great, bu ...
Matsuo Taisha (also called Matsuonoo Taisha) is one of the oldest shrines of Kyoto. It now is in the first place the tutelary shrine of sake brewers, ...
Hyakunin Isshu, Poem 1aki no ta nokariho no iho notoma wo aramiwaga koromode watsuyu ni nuretsutsu??????????????????????????Because of the rough thatc ...
In 1868, at the beginning of the Meiji period, a complete transformation of Japanese society started, but that was not immediately true for literat ...
Although the annual production of Japanese films scales new heights (408 in 2010, rising to 615 in 2014), unfortunately the quality of Japanese cinema ...
Hyakunin Isshu, Poem 4Tago no ura niuchi-idete mirebashirotae noFuji no takane niyuki wa furitsutsu????????????????????????????As I come outon the sea ...
Niigata Prefecture is one of the most well-known sake prefectures in Japan, front runner of the jizake boom of the 1980s and famous for its "tanrei ka ...
Hyakunin Isshu, Poem 5okuyama nimomiji fumiwakenaku shika nokoe kiku toki zoaki wa kanashiki???????????????????????When I hear the voiceof the crying ...
Hyakunin Isshu, Poem 2haru sugitenatsu kinikerashishirotae nokoromo hosutefuama no kaguyama???????????????????????Spring has gone away, andsummer come ...
Although Yamanashi Prefecture has the image of being Japan\'s wine country, with its fresh water and cold winter climate, conditions for sake brewing ...
Two new updates in the sake by region series have appeared on my site: Tochigi and Gunma, both in the Kanto area. ...
2016 is the Year of the Monkey (sarudoshi) in Japan, the ninth year in the cycle of 12 signs from the Japanese (and originally Chinese) zodiac.["See n ...
January (Ichigatsu) is the month that the new year starts in the solar or Gregorian calendar, although technically it is still winter. In fact, Dai ...
Here are some characteristic trends of the years 2005-2009:Â - An overproduction of films, a sort of cinematic bubble (of course also thanks to digi ...
Hyakunin Isshu, Poem 6kasasagi nowataseru hashi nioku shimo noshiroki wo mirebayo zo fukenikeru???????????????????????????When I see the whitenessof t ...
Toyama Prefecture boasts magnificent nature in the heart of Japan. It is in the first place well-known for the Tateyama mountain range and the Kurobe� ...
Nagano Prefecture is landlocked and mountainous - nine of the twelve highest mountains of Japan can be found here. On the south side of the prefecture ...
Here are three more updates in the series of sake by region: Chiba, Saitama and Kanagawa. ...
On of the best places to enjoy the sight of wild monkeys in Japan in this Year of the Monkey is Jigokudani Onsen in Nagano Prefecture.How to get here: ...
The Hyakunin Isshu (One Hundred Poets, One Poem Each) is Japan\'s most popular and widely known poetry collection, containing one hundred ...
Although there exist several interesting, individual breweries here, the Kanto area generally speaking is not a major sake producing area. This despit ...
Two posts in the Sake by Region series which is under revision, have been updated and expanded and are available at: Ibaraki and Tokyo. ...
The ancient name for February (Nigatsu) is Kisaragi, meaning "to wear more clothes due to the cold." As it also is the month of plum blossoms which ar ...
Hyakunin Isshu, Poem 3ashibiki noyamadori no wo noshidari-wo nonaga-nagashi yo wohitori kamo nemu?????????????????????????????Must I sleep alonethroug ...
In 1949, the Dutch Sinologue and diplomat Robert van Gulik translated an 18th century, anonymous Chinese crime novel under the title Celebrated Cases ...
Japan is home to one of the world’s most venerable tea cultures, and is a tea lover’s paradise. Though best known for green tea, while t ...
Hi, I will like to plan a winter trip to Hokkaido with my family next year. Will like to seek your advise how many days is sufficient for Hokkaido. ...
If you are lucky enough to be in Japan in the holiday season, there are some stunning illuminations and displays in Osaka and Kyoto. While not quite a ...