Category: Japanese Culture 日本の文化

  • Festivals / 祭りの秋

    Festivals / 祭りの秋

    日本文が後ろに続きます。 October is a month of fruits, readings, sports, art, and — more than those — festivals. There were various kinds of festivals in Kiba Park, which was close to my house. The biggest one was the Koto Kumin Matsuri festival from the 16th through the 17th of October. 10月は食欲の秋、読書の秋、スポーツの秋、芸術の秋といろいろありますが、なんといっても祭りの時期だと思います。近所にある木場公園では毎週いろんなイベントがありましたが、なかでも一番大きいのが10月16日〜17日の江東区民まつりでした。 It was the third time…

  • かなまら祭り

    あなたは18歳以上ですか? YES     NO

  • How can I pray for getting such a big one?

    First of all, I’d like to ask you if you are of AGE 18 OR UP? If so, you can continue reading. Otherwise, please leave.

  • 節分です

    今年も恵方巻き買ってきました~♪ 今年の恵方は東北東。。。幸せ来るといいな。

  • 清澄庭園にて

    連休の谷間で良い天気だったので、家の近所にある清澄庭園にお散歩してきました。いやー癒されますね。 そのほかの写真はFlickrにアップしてます。

  • Kiyosumi Garden

    Today I went for a walk to Kiyosumi Garden, within a 15-minute walk from my house, because it was a sunny Japanese Thanksgiving Day and I wanted to get out of my house. These are photos. They make me feel at ease. The rest are uploaded on Flickr.

  • HIMEMIKO*WEB is up again

    I’ve changed my mind. In the beginning of this year I said I’d give up keeping my Japanese history website HIMEMIKO*WEB to move my content to Wikipedia, but I find it’s better to keep them here than in Wikipedia or other websites. Anyway visit http://www.himemiko.info/ for details.

  • Softbank announces Nokia N82 and E71 to be released in Japan

    Softbank has announced today that 16 types of its "2008 winter model" cell phones will be released this winter. Among them, Nokia N82 will be on sale in the middle of this November and Nokia E71 in this December. Nokia N82 is a tiny, light cell phone with a 5 Megapixels of digital camera where…

  • Events at Kiba Park / 木場公園のイベントたち

    Kiba Park is within a few minutes’ walk from my house. Various events are performed almost every week.家の近所の木場公園では、毎週のように何かしらイベントが行われています。 Two weeks ago there was Oedo mikoshi matsuri (mikoshi festival) with tens of mikoshis.2週間前には、「大江戸神輿祭り」があって、おみこしたちがいーっぱいでした。 And, Koto Kumin Matsuri (Koto Ward citizens’ festival) was hold last weekend. There were many booths where staff members sold foods and items…