I never imagined COVID-19 was widespread all over the world very quickly in a short time and infected and killed a large number of innocent people. When the cluster infections of passengers in a cruise ship at Yokohama port were discovered in February, I just wondered that we could manage to converge the case without…
Japanese Language Is So Mysterious and Fascinating for You?
Japanese language may be one of the mysterious things for foreign guests from the world. As you know, we, the Japanese are usually handling 3 different letters, “Hiragana”, “Katakana” and “Kanji (Chinese characters)” with not much difficulty, because we mastered these 3 letters unconsciously in a daily basis. Basically, this is almost the same logic…
The Most Impressive Islamic Mosque in Tokyo – Tokyo Camii
I feel that Tokyo has been gradually changing to a mosaic city year by year. Of course, not as much as New York, it no longer rare to see various kinds of people in terms of race, language, and religion in the city. Not only for increasing the number of foreign visitors but also residents…
Fabulous View of Autumn Leaves at Nansudake, but Dangerous Experience As Well!
I am longing for the autumn season’s coming in Japan because it is the best season regarding climate and scenery. Especially, mountain areas in October are full of autumn leaves and covered by a wide variety of colors in nature. I just recollect that my trekking at Nasudake in Tochigi Prefecture where is well-known for…
Japanese Fireworks – The Most Artistic and Fantastic Summer Seasonal Events
I guess that launching fireworks are universal in the world when we have some celebrations such as New Year’s Day and Independence Day, however, fireworks remind us “Japanese summer traditions”. There are so many fireworks festivals all over Japan between July and August from long time ago. Why we are having so many fireworks in…
“Somen” is The Best Cuisine for Hotter / Very Humid Summer in Japan
Hi there! The rainy season has just finished in Tokyo and it was very unusual and a long rainy season this year. However, soon after finishing the rainy season, suddenly very hot and super-humid summer has come and days over 35℃ has continued for a few weeks all over Japan this year, too…I am very…
What Do You Think about the End of Your Life Journey?
Hi there! Well, I usually write about something fun, mainly travel and culture in Japan, however, I just want to pick up a bit controversial and shocking topic this time. It is about how to end your life journey in case you have suffered from incurable illnesses. One of the coping measures is euthanasia and…
Izu Oshima, The Nearest Island from the Center of Tokyo (Part 2)
Our visiting spots on the island (Part 2) Short Hiking Around Black Lava Desert On the way back to the northern area of the island, we dropped by “Ura-Sabaku（Black Lava Desert）”. We drove off the main street, and moved into the narrow road called “Tsuki-to-Sabaku Line (Moon and Desert Line), they were heading for the…
Izu Oshima, The Nearest Island from the Center of Tokyo (Part 1)
Do you know Tokyo has several islands? You may have already known “Ogasawara Islands” which are famous for register as World Natural Heritage. Izu Islands also belong to Tokyo and they have studded at Pacific Oceans over 550 km at the Southeast of Izu Peninsula. I had never been to any of them despite I…
Azalea Paradise and Tokyo Nostalgic Town, “Yanesen”
Hello again! Our consecutive national holidays called “Golden Week” (It is a kind of Japanese-English expression) have just finished in the first part of this month in Japan. It was a very unusual occasion for us to have 10 days’ consecutive national holidays due to celebrating the new emperor’s throne. (I just wrote about the topic…
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