On Sunday, March 14, the first flowers appeared at Yasukuni Shrine on the old sakura tree, which is used every year by the meteorological service to determine the beginning of blossoming. Heavy rain and strong winds are being replaced by a warm front - yesterday it was +18 in Tokyo. Today and tomorrow we are promised +20 degrees Celsius - real April weather! This time...
The Tokyo Olympic Organizing Committee will increase the number of positions held by women. Currently, there are 34 people on the committee's board and only 7 women. It is planned that the committee will expand to 45 members by hiring 12 women. Former athletes and gender equality experts are being considered as candidates. If the reform is honored, the percentage of women on the committee's board will increase to...
Japan today remembers the victims of the Great East Japan Earthquake (東日本大震災Higashi Nihon daishinsai) that struck on March 11, 2011 at 14:46. 10 years ago, a magnitude 9-9.1 earthquake was recorded 70 km from the nearest point of the Japanese coast, which caused a tsunami with waves up to 10 meters, as well as numerous destructions. The number of dead and missing to date...
The vaccine introduction program is scheduled to start in February. The first in line for vaccination are health care workers, the elderly and patients with diseases that increase the likelihood of COVID-19 infection. Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine will be used for the activities.
It's not just Tokyo that has a fish market - port cities boast an equally rich assortment! Check out the delicious stuff you can buy at the morning market in Hakodate!
Ice cream with the highest concentration of matcha green tea in the world can be tasted at Nanaya, a store in Fujieda, Shizuoka Prefecture. Customers are invited to choose a "level" from 1 to 7. In regular green tea ice cream, the concentration of matcha reaches levels 1 to 2. Imagine how rich the flavor will be if you choose level 7! Not only foreigners, but...
Foreigners in Japan are divided into those who love Japanese sweets and those who don't eat them under any circumstances. Many just don't like the taste of sweet adzuki beans. Would you try such a beauty?
Foreigners often think that Japanese only drink green tea (and sometimes sake). And according to 2018 data from the All Japan Coffee Association, a Japanese person drinks about 10.62 cups of coffee per week! Men between the ages of 40-59 drink the most coffee - about 13 cups of coffee per week. Although studies show that once women go out to...
A sure sign that fall is coming soon. Summer-2020 turned out to be short, and soon you will see photos of red maples in your feed. In the meantime, let's share the beauty with you online!
In Japan, they are known as higanbana. Lycoris holds a special place in Japanese culture. Its blooming period coincides with Autumn Equinox Day, which this year we celebrated on Tuesday, September 22. Higan means "other shore" in Japanese. Therefore, higanbana is firmly associated with this holiday, because on the Day of Autumnal Equinox...
