Get together to see Hakata Gion Yamakasa!!!

June 10, 2007 - 6:06 am by luckymentai in Travel  

Now the very season has come to get guys in Hakata excited! That is Hakata Gion Yamakasa!
It is held from July 1st to July 15 every year at Hakata, Fukoka City’s old town area.
The climax of this festival will start at Kushida Shrine, Hakata at 4:59 am on July 15th, Sunday.
This year I will [...]

Ameyoko Market in Ueno

June 9, 2007 - 10:31 pm by kiokitok in Travel  

Tokyo is such a convenient city for shopping. On every single corner, you will find a convenience store. If you want to purchase branded clothes, department store is the one you should try. In Akihabara, you can buy computers and videogames cheap. Yet, for their convenience, all these modern stores have [...]

Food Paradice Nakasu on Friday; Tetsunabe Gyoza (Fukuoka/Kyushu)

June 8, 2007 - 9:00 pm by akko@hakata in Food, Travel  

Nakasu is not only the largest night spot in Western Japan, it’s also a food paradice!
It becomes especially busy on weekend nights.

This is `Tetsunabe Gyoza’, very popular food in here.
Tetsu = Iron
nabe = pan
Gyoza = pan-fried dumpling
And is delicious !!

This is Yakisoba, meaning, pan-fried noodles
There’re other dishes beside these, such as raw fish, grilled chikien, [...]

Secret of Hakata Bijin(Beauty), in celebratinon of Miss Universe 2007

June 4, 2007 - 6:24 pm by akko@hakata in Travel  

In celebration of Miss Universe 2007, that a Japanese lady Riyo Mori was crowned, I’d like to write something about beauty affairs in Japan.
Throughout Japan, women in Fukuoka have a special reputation for being very beautiful.
We even have a traditional term `Hakata Bijin‘ for them.
You can see them especially in the evening, in Tenjin [...]

Disney Resort

June 2, 2007 - 3:07 pm by kiokitok in Travel  

There are tens of amusement parks in Tokyo and its surroundings. Tokyo Disney Resort is the largest of all, possibly in the world. Nearly 20 million people visit the park every year, and the 4 billion guests have visited the resort in total. Tokyo Disneyland had its inauguration in April 15, 1983, [...]

The place famous for sake brewing in Kyoto

May 31, 2007 - 2:20 am by Yuk in Culture, Travel  

If you want to drink tasty sake after sightseeing of temples or shrines at Kyoto, please go to Momoyama Fushimi Ward. Fushimi-Momoyama which has abundant ground-water is a place famous for sake brewing. It might be good that you go to there after visiting to Fushimi-inari-taisha shrine or Uji-byodo-in Temple.

Sugidama (a ball which [...]

Kimono Dressing and Rental Service

May 27, 2007 - 7:00 pm by KimonoHoliday in Travel  

http://www.kinet.or.jp/kimono Visitors to Japan can now enjoy a taste of life in old Tokyo through our kimono dressing service. Kimono, Japan’s traditional attire, bring out the beauty of women (and men), transforming you into the elegant lady (or samurai warrior) of a Japanese painting.

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

- 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, [...]