Katchaman’s Amazing JAPAN guide at Tokyo Shimokitazawa “Okonomiyaki - HIROKI”

December 29, 2007 - 11:42 pm by katchaman in Food, Others  

 Do you know OKONOMIYAKI?　 OKONOMIYAKI is so familier with Japanese and Japanese-style pancake containing vegetables and other foodstuff.
Especially I love Hiroshima style OKONOMIYAKI.　I recommend the best of Hiroshima style OKONOMIYAKI resutautant “HIROKI”　in Tokyo SHIMOKITAZAWA.  Please try it!
                                               December 29 2007

HIROKI: Near SHIMOKITAZAWA Station (Odakyu line and Inokashira Line) 
Address: Kitazawa 2-14-14, Setagaya-ku, Tokyo
Tel: 03-3412-3908
   

The Japanese flower series 2（UME ：plum）.

December 27, 2007 - 12:08 pm by Hishi in Others  

  The flower that represents Japan of February is a plum. I looked at the many plum blossoms in Hanegi Park. I enjoyed the beautiful blossoms and the perfume of blossoms.
Hanegi Park in Setagaya-ku is famous in the park where the many plums bloom.
[Address] ：4-38-52, Daita, Setagaya-ku, Tokyo
[Accsess] ：Please go down at Odakyu Line   Umegaoka [...]

Gomar’s The Beautiful JAPAN Christmas Illumination at TOKYO DOME CITY

December 25, 2007 - 10:45 am by Gomar in Others, Travel  

This is Christmas illumination of the TOKYO DOME CITY.
http://www.tokyo-dome.co.jp/e/
TOKYO DOME is Yomiuri Giants base ground of the professional baseball team.
The illumination was very beautiful and very happy feelings.

TOKYO BAZZAR helps you shop in Harajuku & Asakusa!

December 20, 2007 - 4:45 am by akko@hakata in Culture, Travel  

Tokyo Bazaar, a palm-size shopping map was issued on Dec. 14 by Portal Japan. Inc., for forign visitors enjoying shopping in Tokyo ! This Tokyo Bazzar map offers you visual entertaining information, to help you find coolest Japanese items in unique shops. It has only English version. But never mind if you don’t speak English. [...]

A beginning of the year event of BUDO（the Japanese martial arts）in Nippon Budokan of TOKYO

December 14, 2007 - 12:14 pm by Hishi in Culture, Others  

　I introduce the event that people training BUDO（武道 the Japanese martial arts）perform every year for New Year holidays. It is “The cutting of the New Year’s rice cake ceremony / The BUDO beginning(鏡開き式・武道始め)” performed in Nippon Budokan(日本武道館) in “Coming-of-Age Day(成人の日)” on the second Monday of January every year.
　This is an event in the beginning of [...]

Eel Restaurant “Oedo”

December 5, 2007 - 10:58 am by kaorichani in Food, Others  

Unagi Restaurant ” Oedo “” Eel , I wonder how it tastes” . Thats was one of my  thoughts the time I arrived in Japan .Back home everyone told me , that I have to try eel at least once. It is  delicious, they said. Thats why , the other day we went to a very good [...]

The Japanese flower series 1（Iris）.

November 30, 2007 - 5:05 pm by Hishi in Culture, Others  

The Japanese flower representing early summer is an iris.
In Tokyo of June, We can watch 1,500 stocks of  irises in the Gyoen（Imperial garden）of  Meiji-Jingu shrine.
I can watch a beautiful iris calmly in the forest which I cannot think of in big cities.
　
　
　

Gomar’s The Beautiful JAPAN MOMIJIGARI（Viewing the autumn leaves)

- 10:47 am by Gomar in Others, Travel  

I introduce colored leaves of Kyoto and Tokyo this time.
Giouji(祇王寺,Giouji Temple)　at Saga Kyoto
The scenery which I look at 360 degrees where, and is bright red.

Jojakkoji(常寂光寺,Jojakkoji Temple)　at Saga Kyoto
It is the noted place of colored leaves eminent in Kyoto here.

Showa Kinen Park(昭和記念公園) at Tachikawa City Tokyo
There were such a beautiful colored leaves in Tokyo.
The park was [...]

The festival of the autumn of Asahara Shrine（A fireworks display）

November 28, 2007 - 3:27 pm by kaori-m in Travel  

The world’s biggest fireworks

 There is Asahara Shrine in the Ojiya-shi, Niigata katagai-cho.
An autumn festival called the katagai Festival is performed every year here for .10 day on September 9, and the fireworks mean dedication to this Asahara Shrine and I load the celebration such as the eighty-eighth birthdays, a deceased memorial service memorial service, health prayer [...]

The BUDO(武道martial arts) ceremony at the Meiji-Jingu shrine@TOKYO.

November 26, 2007 - 5:39 pm by Hishi in Culture, Others  

　At Meiji-Jingu shrine（in TOKYO) where The Autumn Grand Festival is held on November 3,to commemorate Emperor Meiji’s Birthday every year.
In the festival, the performance of  Budo（the martial arts）is performed, too.
You come by watching the old traditional Japanese martial arts（Kenjutsu,Battojutsu,Kyudo,Jujutsu,Sojutsu,Aikido,etc.).
I introduce the performance of the martial arts that I like.
It is the Yabusame（horseback archery） ceremony and　the [...]