Why don’t we have this stuff???
September 26, 2008 - 11:19 am by ltndncr in Culture, Product
Sure, we’ve got sushi. We’ve added mayonnaise and hot sauce and sushi rolls that have no rice or fish in them. We’ve got kara-oke, although we still can’t pronounce it (KAH-rah OH-kay), and all of its attendant headaches. Hello Kitty has made it here, and anime is almost an English word. Even markets that specialize [...]
Nepali & Indian restaurant “Himalayan Moon Cafe” Tokyo, Japan
September 13, 2008 - 2:32 pm by sherpa in Culture, Food, Product, Travel
Himalayan Moon Cafe’s official Site, URL: http://www.himalayanmoon.info/
Welcome to an unique dining experience at Himalayan Moon Cafe.This is one of the nice and popular nepalese & indian restaurant in the Tokyo city Japan. It has been recognized and telecasted as the super nepali & indian restaurant of the Tokyo city by the Japanese Television Asahi’s program and [...]
SAKE storehouse*譽國光*homarekokkou@GUNMA
August 16, 2008 - 2:57 am by mentalup in Culture, Food
Homarekokkou has made Japanese SAKE! You are able to see how SAKE is produced, it’s rare sight!
It is the place on the mountain, therefore you can go some Onsen(spa).
There has a fabulous view of the mountain!
I’m sure everyone profoundly moved that view as it changes from season to season!
There has a dusting of snow in [...]
Katchaman’s Amazing JAPAN guide at Nara Power Spot (Sacred Place) “Sai Jinja Shrine in Summer [夏の狹井神社・奈良県]”
August 15, 2008 - 7:04 pm by katchaman in Culture
Sai Jinja is the place to worship Omiwa Aramitama. They say that this god is to decrease illness. We can enter Mount Miwa from Sai Jinja. ( Entrance Fee 300 yen, No photo and eating) I climbed Mt. Miwa [Miwasan]. Very very peacefull! I felt so good at the top of Mt. Miwa! It took 90 [...]
Katchaman’s Amazing JAPAN guide at Nara Power Spot (Sacred Place) “Oomiwa Jinaja Miwa-myojin in Summer [夏の大神神社・奈良県]”
- 6:37 pm by katchaman in Culture
I can recommend Oomiwa Jinja [Miwa-myojin] as the best of shrines in Japan.
According to official website, since the reign of Sujin Tenno the tenth Imperial generation (about 2,000 years ago), the worshipping of this shrine has become popularized unusually, and moreover, since the middle age it has been worshipped as the Top Shrine (Ichi-no-miya) of [...]
Katchaman’s Amazing JAPAN guide at Nara Power Spot (Sacred Place) “Hibara Jinja Shrine in Summer [夏の桧原神社・奈良県]”
- 5:46 pm by katchaman in Culture
There is a amazing Torii(Gate) in Hibara Jinja [桧原神社]. It is a Miwa Torii[三輪鳥居].
I felt that here is very sacred place. Hibara Jinja is one of Omiwa Jinja’s sesshas [摂社].
[Access] 30 minutes walk from Miwa Station on the JR Line. Or, 30 minutes walk from Miwamyojin Sando-guchi bus stop, which can be reached using the [...]
Katchaman’s Amazing JAPAN guide at Nara Power Spot (Sacred Place) “Tenkawa Jinja - Tenkawa Daibenzaitensha in Summer[夏の天河大辨財天社・奈良県]
- 5:15 pm by katchaman in Culture, Travel
I can recommend Daibenzaitensha as a sacred place in Japan.
Tenkawa-dai-benzaiten-sha is located in the center of Japan’s spiritual heartland, the Kii Mountain range, this shrine is filled with sacred energy emanating from the dense forest on the holy mountain Omine-san with No admittance to woman. Since the shrine’s principal object of worship, sheltered at the [...]
Katchaman’s Amazing JAPAN guide at Tokyo Fuchu city Power Spot [Sacred place] “Ohkunitama Shrine[大國魂神社・東京都府中市] in Summer”
August 14, 2008 - 6:54 pm by katchaman in Culture
I went to Ohkunitama Shrine[大國魂神社] on July. The shrine was reportedly established in the year of 111 (A.D.) by a local ruler. The main god enshrined here is Ohkunitama or Ohkuninushi, who is one of the main gods in the Shinto religion. Ohkunitama is believed to be a great god who initiated the reclamation of [...]
Katchaman’s Amazing JAPAN guide at Fukui Power Spot (Sacred Place) “Eiheiji Zen Temple in Summer[夏の永平寺・福井県]“
August 13, 2008 - 9:26 pm by katchaman in Culture
I went to Eiheiji Zen Temple in this summer. Here is very peaceful!
It is one of the two head temples of the Soto sect of Buddhism. Eihei-ji was established in 1244 by Zen master Dogen Zenji (1200-1253), who studied Buddhism in China and introduced Soto Zen Buddhism to Japan.
Access: Echizen Railway Shosan Eiheiji line [...]
Katchaman’s Amazing JAPAN guide at Fukui Katsuyama-shi “Deep Dive into Katsuyama” [福井県勝山市を深堀り]
- 5:39 pm by katchaman in Culture, Food
I had good time to eat very good icecream in near Heisenji. This is Heisenji Icecream. It is very famous in Fukui. I can recommend this!
This[left] is SHISO [Japanese basil] Juice. Right is SAKE “KATCHAMA” I am suprised! not Kachaman! I found these things at near Heisenji shop.
I tried “HACHIBAN RAMEN”. HACHIBAN RAMEN was fulled many [...]
