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Author: RoYuMi
Benefits of Miso for your Health
Miso (味噌) is made from soybeans and salt and kōji ( Aspergillus oryzae fungus) resulting in a thick paste used for sauces and spreads, to pickle vegetables, fish or meat and also to make Miso Soup known in Japan as Misoshiru (味噌汁) Miso is a staple of Japanese cuisine and is rich in protein and… Read more
Travel Back in Time to the Jōmon Period with Bōrō NOGUCHI Hakodate
As of July 1, 2021, the Bōrō NOGUCHI Hakodate luxury hotel in Yunokawa (famous Onsen area) started a plan or package that includes a visit to the Jōmon Archaeological Zone in Hokkaido Prefecture. Given the current situation with the global pandemic, it is better to avoid places with crowds and public transport, so the hotel… Read more
Sumikko Gurashi cupcakes at Konbini
Lovely and colorful desserts are a way to celebrate our favorite kawaii characters, and Japan is the perfect place to take advantage of this. For example, Bandai often releases famous Japanese character desserts from brands like Sanrio and Disney. Bandai Candy has just released some desserts of the Sumikko gurashi characters from San-X. Sumikko Gurashi… Read more
Emotion, Tradition and Archery at the Takadanobaba Yabusame Festival
If the horse riding events of the Olympics left you wanting more, you can treat yourself to a festival of Yabusame (流鏑馬), traditional Japanese horseback archery. Although it is possible to enjoy Yabusame festivals in various places in Japan, the Toyama Park festival in Tokyo is one of the most famous. Every year in mid-October,… Read more
Obon, Anime and Cats give rise to an Emotional Narrative
Every summer in Japan, from August 13 to 16, is the Obon festival, a Buddhist custom to honor our deceased ancestors, in which it is believed that the spirits of our relatives return to the world of the living to visit us. . The talented artist under the pseudonym 526 ( @Kojiro337 ), recently shared… Read more
Kintsugi – The art of mending with gold
Kintsugi金継ぎ is a traditional Japanese technique for repairing broken pottery, glassware, etc. using gold since “kin” means “gold” and “tsugi” means “joint or splice” . Although gold is used in its repair, the material that is mainly used is a lacquer known as urushi , which is made from the sap of the urushi tree… Read more
Ginkakuji Temple- The Silver Pavilion in Kyoto
The Ginkakuji 銀閣寺is a Zen temple along the eastern mountains of Kyoto (Higashiyama). In 1482, the shogun Ashikaga Yoshimasa built his retirement villa on the grounds of the current temple, modeling it after the Kinkakuji (Golden Pavilion), his grandfather’s retirement villa at the base of the mountains north of Kyoto (Kitayama). The village (Ginkakuji) became… Read more
Sony’s Sci-Fi Prototyping Exhibition Envisions Tokyo in 2050
Tokyo is seen, by many worldwide, as the city of the future, being dramatized in numerous animations and science fiction movies. And it is that this city never lacks a great flow of creative ideas, innovation and visions for the future. With the goal of envisioning what Tokyo will look like in 30 years, Sony’s… Read more
The Sankin-kōtai System – Feudal Control in the Tokugawa Era
During the Sengoku period (戦国代) or the “Warring States Period”, which lasted for around one hundred years (1500 to 1603), Japan was plagued by endless civil wars. Feudal warlords fought for supremacy in Japan. Finally, Ieyasu of the Tokugawa family was able to gain the upper hand in the Battle of Sekigahara in 1600 and… Read more
Katsushika Hokusai – Ukiyo-e artist and an icon of Japan
Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎(c. October 31, 1760 – May 10, 1849) known simply as Hokusai, was one of Japan’s foremost Ukiyo-e artists. His masterpiece is considered the series of landscape paintings “ Fugaku sanjurokkei ” or “Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji” as well as his collection of model drawings for his disciples known as “ Hokusai… Read more