Archive for the ‘Japanese culture’ Category
Children’s Day is a Japanese national holiday which takes place annually on May 5, the fifth day of the fifth month in Japan. It is a day set aside to respect children’s personalities and to celebrate their happiness.
Kashiwa mochi is mochi rice cakes wrapped in kashiwa (oak) leaves which are traditionally served on this day. aromatic leaves make you very happy.
Hello Kitty became a Mode Queen in a VOGUE magazine.
Hello Kitty Strap Charm is the free gift of VOGUE NIPPON June Issue.
Hanami “flower viewing” is the Japanese traditional custom of enjoying the beauty of flowers, “flower” in this case almost always meaning cherry blossoms (sakura).
The hanami celebrations usually involve eating and drinking. Some special dishes are prepared and eaten at the occasion, like hanami bento, and it’s common for sake to be drunk as part of the festivity.
They are hamami bento by NADAMAN which is a long-standing restaurant.
A large-scale concert of cornelius was held in Tokyo international forum after a long absence.
He continued music activity during about 20 years, and has been challenging the various latest technology and ideas recently.
by kool A mojo
In this concert, he shoed the performance that high-definition picture and music synchronized with HD screen. The DVD will be released. This is a pleasure, too.
The second article about Japanese fashion magazines! A new spring season has come, and each magazine seems to be full of motivation. As mentioned previously, Japanese readers love the free-bee the mags offer!
Most exciting one in this season was the “see by Chloe” large pouch came with the April issue of the “SPUR” magazine. Since you could get a product of a luxury brand at only about $5, in Tokyo, the magazines were sold-out as soon as they placed them on the shelf.
Others include the corroboration bag of“BETSEY JOHNSON × HELLO KITTY”by PINKY magazine or some lingerie by Sweet magazine etc. Those editorial desks seem to be on fire and the trend may be going hotter and hotter.
I think Blythe is a most famous doll today. The doll was sold in 70s for once, but not good sales. Its unbelievable now…
You can buy so many type of Blythe dolls in Junie Moon. Even if you wish to make them more kawaii, the shop has started the hair salon for Blythe dolls :O
You can take your girl to the shop. Do not forget e-mail reservation!
Junie Moon (in English)
Blythe (wikipedia)
Fauchon made a special box for Valentine’s day. 2 “love macaron”s with a faux love macaron mobile strap made by Q-pot.in there!
Love macarons (raspberry, vanilla & rose taste) are also specially made for Valentine’s day & White day.
You can buy only macarons until 14th March.(^_-)*
We know that Japanese Manga is popular world-wide, but have you ever heard about a Japanese cartoon “Kyo no Nekomura-san (Today’s Mrs. Nekomura)”?
It is an outrageous setting that a cat is dispatched as a housekeeper. But she does the housework very well, sometimes kindly gives a good massage to her colleague or even amends a delinquent daughter of the house’s owner she works for. She has so much more common-sense than human do, and that makes her character so funny and popular.
The delinquent daughter : Get out of here !
Mrs. Nekomura (Housekeeper cat) : Don’t say that! If you won’t have the tonihgt dinner, I can’t leave hrer.
The cute drawing is of course a key reason of its popularity, but the story seems to reflect the modern Japanese society, which has been said deteriorated.
Kyo no Nekomura-san (Today’s Mrs. Nekomura) (in Japanese)
These are souvenirs form Osaka. The naked man who is wearing fundoshi “the traditional Japanese underwear for adult males”, his name is Kenzi Tamura.
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Nano universe tokyo is a “select-shop” in Shibuya. There’s a cool vending machine in front of shop, until 17th February.
This is a campaign (but not free! it is rare case in Tokyo, I think) nano universe tie-up with Ben Sherman.
These drinks are all chocolate flavored royal milk tea! because Ben Sherman is a apparel brand of UK. The can designed like that wears checked shirt ;)
Ben Sherman
nano universe (in Japanese)
