Tokyo girl visits Fukuoka; Try Kyushu food @ local Sake Bar !

May 27, 2007 - 7:15 am by akko@hakata in Food, Travel  

`These are wonderful ! I love food in Kyushu !!’
My friend from Tokyo was so pleased with every dish she tried.
`I could even live here!!’

Yes, Kyushu is a food paradice, and especially, raw fish is fresh and delicious.
If you know, every prefecture in Kyushu is sorrounded by sea.
So we are gifted with seafood !
What’s more, [...]

Tsuyu

May 26, 2007 - 11:29 pm by kiokitok in Culture  

Tsuyu season is coming. It keeps raining for nearly a month and a half. That is the period people constantly make complaints. It gets very humid while the temperature increases day by day. The sky gets dark so that they sometimes feel depressed. In the meantime, it is an important [...]

Tokyo Bay

May 19, 2007 - 2:19 pm by kiokitok in Travel  

During the Tokugawa shogunate, people in Edo brought fishes out of Tokyo Bay and ate them. Sushi was originally called Edomae which literally means “from Tokyo Bay”. Therefore, the bay has been important for people in Tokyo for a long time.
Tokyo Bay is originally shallow for some distance from the shore. Therefore, [...]

Authors

May 15, 2007 - 6:17 pm by J.Hopper in Others  

Love Nagasaki Series; view, culture, castle, where to date, drink and shop

- 4:22 pm by akko@hakata in Travel  

Nagasaki is geographically very unique .
(Nagasaki means long cape. Naga=long, Saki=cape.)
1. It’s surrounded by sea and mountains.
2. It has very small land (I mean, it’s short of flat area.)
So many people live on mountains, which means there’re many houses (and glaves!) on there.

We can easily imagine that their lifestyle is far from being convinient.
I’d say, [...]

Shinto Festivals

May 12, 2007 - 3:34 pm by kiokitok in Culture  

Quite a few Japanese have their own religions. Others make use of religious events throughout their life. In New Year, many of them visit shrines and pray. Christianity is a popular religion for wedding. When they die, they cry under the name of Buddha. The Japanese enjoy these rituals.
Matsuri is [...]

Kyoto cheap restaurant DARUMAYA

May 8, 2007 - 6:08 pm by mickey in Food, Travel  

Restaurant since 1953
DARUMAYA serves set meal(teisyoku), noodles(udon and soba), rice bowl dishes(donburi), a la carte and coffee.
DARUMAYA is near Ryoanji, Myosinji, Ninnaji, Tojiin temple and Ritsumeikan, Hanazono university.
http://www.eonet.ne.jp/~darumaya-syokudo/en/

Cha-Batake, Panorama view Tea Field　@Yame

May 6, 2007 - 5:43 pm by akko@hakata in Travel  

Yame is a agricultural district, country side of Fukuoka Prefecture, Kyushu,
and is famous for growing Cha, Japanese Green Tea.

This is where Cha is grown and picked up.
Spring is the season for its harvest, and we can taste Shin-Cha, the years’ fresh tea.

This is the Cha factory, where Cha turns to product.
Its neighbourhood is full of [...]

Children’s Day

May 5, 2007 - 4:16 pm by kiokitok in Culture  

The Japanese celebrates Children’s Day on May 5. That particular day has been celebrated as Tango no Sekku. It was the day they pray for their children’s health and prosperity. This celebration was said to be imported from China although the Koreans claimed and was now recognized that it was born in [...]

Golden Week

April 28, 2007 - 10:54 pm by kiokitok in Culture  

In the end of April, there is about a week of holidays called Golden Week. A lot of Japanese go for a trip. Every tourist site is filled with people both in and outside of Japan. As soon as the days are over, everyone goes back to the business.
Salarymen (white-collar employees) rarely [...]