He is a cat, came from the future. He is blue, no ears, stands on two feet, loves dora-yaki and have a special four-dimentional pocket which there are any sort of gadgets from the future. His name is Doramemon (ドラえもん). He was a yellow cat formed robot but one day, a mouse ate his Read more »
A Japanese construction company, Daiwa House Group revealed that there were unpaid salaries for overtime work for two years, between 2009 and 2010 to 40% of its employees. And the amount was 3.2 billion yen. Wow. There was an inspection done by the Labor Standards Inspection Office and they'd found out that there were many Read more »
Haiku is a type of poem which describe the sentiment, sensation or the beauty of nature with 17 syllables. Usually written in three lines, 5-7-5 syllables and always contain a key word which describes the season. Haiku is one of the most important culture which reflects hidden Japanese soul. Matsuo Basho (松尾芭蕉 1644-1694) is one Read more »
Shinkansen runs through Kyuushuu finally! People were very excited, so was JR. BUT… a day before the opening, a big chaos happened in Japan, up north. The earthquake. JR Kyuushuu no longer could celebrate this officially, however they started running. And this is the advs. Very colourful and cheerful. I don't think they made this Read more »
I have a (sort of ) bad habit. I can't help checking how people eat… Friends, people at the table, in the restaurant or even when I just pass by food area in a shopping centre, I check how they eat without thinking. One day I went for a lunch with a friend and she Read more »
Oden (おでん) is a one of Japanese typical winter dish consisting of several ingredients such as daikon radish (the creamish colour one at the front), processed fish cakes (the brown one at the back), kelp or boiled eggs cooked in a light soy based broth. In different regions, ingredients are often changed. Read more »
Just like London has East End, Tokyo has "Shitamachi" (下町), and just like East Enders speak cockney, Shitamachikko (下町っ子）speak Shitamachi-ben (下町弁) which in other word, "Beranmee-chou" (べらんめえ調). According to my father´s theory, Edokko (江戸っ子) is not someone who was born in Tokyo but is the family which has been in Tokyo more than three generations. Read more »
