Archive for the ‘trip in Japan’ Category
I got a deer fortune slip at Kasuga Taisha Shrine in Nara.
by Eric I. E.
A deer is taken good care of in Kasuga Taisha Shrine, because there is the myth that God rode a white deer.
by necromage
The deer having afortune slip in its mouth is kawaii !
I got a great good luck (dai-kichi) !
Japanese drink maker, Suntory has been begining to sell Japanese green tea drink “IYEMON CHA” in San Francisco.
“IYEMON” is the brand which the long-established tea leaf specialty store of Kyoto “Fukujyuen” has. It is very popular in Japan.
I feel fine with drinking it when I eat some foods. Suntory seems to spread in an international market in the future .
In the end of June, a cafe of “IYEMON CHA” opens in Kyoto. You can enjoy Japanese food culture. If you’ll visit to Kyoto, you shoud try to go there.
Enoshima Aquarium has a beautiful jellyfish displays. half-dome space was inspired by jellyfish body.
9 big or small water tank are there. you can see 10 kinds of jellyfish regularly in there ;)
mysterious & beautiful!
Enoshima Aquarium “Jellyfish fantasy hall“
My friend and I had a break at The Peninsula Boutique & Cafe. We had a quiet and realxing time with hot chocolate and cafe latte. They are preparing fancy French chocolate Easter eggs for Easter.
Tokyo Hotels: The Peninsula Tokyo Official Site, Tokyo Luxury Hotel
This is a healthy Breakfast which is called “Tokyo Bresakfast” form The Westin Hotel in Ebisu. “Tokyo Bresakfast” is Tofu-and-vegetables-dominated menu.
Westin Tokyo Hotels: The Westin Tokyo - Hotel Rooms at westin.com
The “men’s products only” fashion building “Hankyu men’s” has been opened at the Hankyu department store in Osaka.
by MShades
They have the world-first Louis Vuitton shop that only men’s products on offer, or the world-second shop of Tom Ford, who used to work at Gucci, following its NY’s open and so on, and this must be an endlessly-so- interesting department store for those men who are into fashion.
TOM FORD by nikkei trendy net
In addition, there are many other men’s only stores of some of the luxury brand such as Bvlgari or Tiffany. On the casual-ware side, they have the Under Cover, N.HOOLYWOOD or Hysteric Glamour etc. on offer.
It sounds like that the “Isetan Men’s” for Tokyo and “Hankyu men’s” for Osaka will become the epicenters of men’s fashion in Japan. I’d love to go there with a guy with a good taste in fashion.
Hankyu men’s(more photos)
We know that the Japanese fashion chain-store company “Uniqulo” has been expanding their market to NY(UNIQLO Soho New York Store), London(UNIQLO UK stores), Hong Kong and Seoul(UNIQLO KOREA). But “Shimamura” is secretly popular among “Country side” in Japan, too.
In fact most people in big cities have never heard of “Shimamura”. The company researches the fashions & styles that are popular in the big cities such as Tokyo or Osaka, get the products similar to those and sell them surprisingly cheep.
During this holiday, I have been there for the first time and bought a lot, because they offer reasonably stylish stuff at very low price.
Shimamura’s billboard
“Shimamura” has ventured in Taiwan under the name of “流行服飾館 思夢樂 (Shimura)”, so maybe those who live in Taiwan are already familiar with them.
Shimamura (in Japanese)
For Japanese people, “Oshogatsu”, the New Year’s holiday time is a more important festivity than Christmas. Many of us‘d go to shrines and pray for a happy life in the new year.
Taga Taisha
I have been to two shrines, one is Taga Taisha in Taga-cho, Siga Prefecture & the other is Kanda Myojin in Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo.
Ise bridge by Mr. Mark
The most famous shrine in Japan is the Ise Jingu in Ise-shi, Mie Prefecture. The Japanese Prime Minister goes there, too. Above all, this is the shrine where the Imperial ancestors are enshrined.
Kanda Myojin
Kanda Myojin is known as the God of Business. And many companies from all over Tokyo, - form the largest business enterprise to the business owners of small & medium sized companies visit there and pray for a good business for the year. Well, well what will this year be like?
Hatsumōde - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Japanese New Year - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Toshimaya “Hato Sable” is very famous souvenir cookie (or biscuit) :) you can get the cookie or some sweets almost anywhere in Tokyo.
BUT if you’d like to get their cute “Hato (pigeon)” zakka, you must go the head shop in Kamakura Kanagawa!!
I’ve got charms and magnet set ;) the big pigeon is real tasty Hato Sable.
Snoopy Manju contain custard in it. You can get it only at Universal Studios Japan. It’too cute to eat,but it was tasty.
Manjū (饅頭, Manjū?) is a popular traditional Japanese confection.
