This year, the forecast seems to be correct. The weather is getting warmer, which means sakura (桜・cherry blossoms) are just around the corner. My favorite season of the year. It’s like a gift from God…a reward for surviving the long winter (at least for me). Now just before sakura […]
I moved to Osaka in April which is very recently but I am leaving Kansai （関西）soon in less than 2 weeks. Time flies when you’re having fun! I have ended things with my company peacefully and about to move back to Tokyo before moving…again. But that is another […]
How many of you can say you have been to a convenient store ‘Grand opening’…at 11 pm at night? I don’t think there are many of us who have done so. I live in my company’s dorm in Osaka not so far from the company, close enough for […]
From a few posts before, I wrote about Yaki-tate melon pan which is a fresh-from-the-oven melon bread sold in bakery vans. It is not widely sold but the soft hot bread is worth trying and definitely not a regular hard sugary melon shaped bread sold in any supermarket. […]
Osaka Aquarium or Kaiyukan 〔海遊館) is one of the most famous tourist attractions in Osaka and probably in the whole Japan for aquariums. It is located in Osaka bay area. This aquarium is famous for its various displays of marine life which is organized in a very impressive […]
What’s a Yaki-Tate melon pan (焼きたてメロンパン）？And how is it different from the normal melon pan sold at convenient stores and supermarkets? As you may know, melon pan is a melon-flavored bread. Bread in Japanese is ‘パン’ pronounced as ‘pan’. It is a round-shaped bread with rough sugary texture […]
Have you ever wanted to stroll around Kyoto in a kimono? I have always wanted to do so seeing many tourists walk in beautiful kimonos sightseeing around beautiful temples and shrines of Kyoto. I always thought to myself that I must do this at least once while I […]
In a few posts before, I talked about Yae-Zakura (八重桜） which is double cherry blossoms and the event for Yaezakura viewing at Japan mint bureau (造幣局） in Osaka head office which is now officially opened to public from April 16th-22nd. Yesterday, I finally got a chance to go […]
Kinkakuji (金閣寺) or the Golden Pavilion is definitely one of the most renowned temples in Kyoto and probably very easy to say, in all of Japan. It is also one of the UNESCO World Heritage sites in Kyoto. Of course, as well as the beautiful Kiyomizudera (清水寺), I […]
There are many kinds of cherry blossom. Yae-Zakura is a double-layer type of sakura which is famous for its beauty and strength. The normal type of one-layer sakura tends to be fragile and easily be blown away by strong wind or rain. I believe that a lot of […]
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