Visiting this area of Tokyo is one of the experiences you will never forget. Tokyo already is a very technical advanced city. In certain ways, it is easy to pretend you are walking around in the future. Going to Akihabara will even amplify this feeling. The district of Akihabara in Tokyo will provide anything and [...]
Looking for information to create a post about Kanazawa, I found a website where free tourist guides are offered to discover this samurai city. Although I am usually not much interested in such options and tend to routinely discard them, it is precisely Japan that has awakened enough interest in me to investigate more about [...]
Traveling to Beppu is to know and see a different Japan from what you would find in bigger cities such as Tokyo and Kyoto. Beppu is a very charismatic town and has its own personality. As soon as you leave the train station and enter the city, you will find a statue of a man [...]
Sometimes it happens that you are looking for something interesting to write about and I’ve just found that particular something. Nami no hana means the following: Nami=wave Hana=flower No=indicates possession (more information about the particle ‘no’) Some beaches in Spain are sometimes seen with a white foam that is formed by plankton. When the foam [...]
Just the other day, I wrote about this Japanese spring celebration. I was actually lucky enough to witness this special period while I was visiting Japan. As I share the same fascination for the cherry blossoms as the Japanese people, I started looking for more information and found this particular movie. I won’t tell you [...]
Life goes on, and that’s what Japan demonstrates. It’s been a few weeks since the earthquake that was followed by a tsunami, and this time, nature gives a round of applause to the Japanese people by celebrating with one of the most beautiful seasons in the land of Nippon. The Hanami. There is always a [...]
One of the most beautiful seasons to visit Japan is during the spring. This is when the cherry blossom can be seen. For the Japanese, the cherry blossom signifies happiness and a time to enjoy beauty, but also a moment of sadness as beauty doesn’t last forever. This goes for people as well, thus making [...]
The dog in the video is called Mame and he takes his performance very seriously because getting his treat depends on it. Curiously, when the Japanese woman tells him to bark softer: he does! She uses the word kawaii, which is one of the most fashionable words in Japan, along with moe. The truth is [...]
The ninjas knew a number of technical movements that helped them to quietly and swiftly move around different kinds of places. One of the movements they learned was ‘nuki ashi’. This step helped them to tread on wooden floors undetected. In Japan, most floors had a special mechanism incorporated. This technique ensured a squeaky or [...]
They may seem like two totally different classes, but the backgrounds of these two military classes actually had a lot in common. The most important factors that unite them is their sense of honour; both classes lived by, and for, honour. Neither would perform an act that was contradictory to their rules and they would [...]