Nengajo is one of the traditional custom for the New Year´s that Japanese people still keep doing. It´s a seasonal greeting with beautiful designs. The Japan Post started selling yesterday.

Are you a cat lover? You realised your cat decides when and where he can be but not you? And you want him to be still? Here is a tip, Cat in the circle.

I was given some Ginnan (ginkgo nuts) by a neighbour. In Japan it´s common to eat it and is one of the autumn taste as well as chestnuts. It may be too nutritious so it´s better to eat not so much. Here I´ll show you how to prepare.

Book review “Beginning Bonsai-The Gentle Art of Miniature Tree Growing-. Bonsai is a never-ending art project. Your goal is a perfection that probably you will not achieve in your life time and that is the beauty of it. This book helps you to step into this infinite creation hand by hand.

More than 70% of Japanese women are not called by her name once they become a mother. POLA made an experiment. What happens when they are called by the name instead of Mum?

It´s the 10th of October and it´s the day of eyes in Japan. Can you guess why?

Thank you for subscribing to iromegane news letter. We like to announce the winner for the mini-calligraphy to show our appreciation.

Yesterday was the night of Chushu no Meigetsu (中秋の名月). Japanese people have been having a special admiration for the moon since ancient times.

Do you know what day is today? It´s Yasai no hi in Japan. Do you know why?

Japanese people don´t speak English seems to be a common knowledge among western people. But Japan is trying and the parents too. Here a father of one has made a special card game for his daughter to learn English. Wait, this works also for those who learn Japanese, doesn´t it?