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Funny Clay Cats

2020-10-15
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Clay cat exhibition at Koenji, Tokyo

2020-04-01
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Ise Shrine & 25th Maneki-neko Festival – 2/2

2019-10-13
Locations/Recommend/Temple-Shrine

Short trip to Oku-Noto, Ishikawa: Heike family descendants & Jizo

2018-12-12
Events/Traditional handiworks/Traditions

Fun Bonsai workshop at Bonsai Village, Saitama

2018-10-28
Blogroll/Things/Traditional handiworks

Lucky Daruma in Takasaki City

2016-06-10
cat/Manekineko/News

Press Release: Towards the publication of e-books in 12 languages worldwide

kazu / 2022-01-25 / 0 Comment

Well known for its efforts in multilingual translation, the Sohos Ltd. (location: Sagamihara City, Kanagawa Prefecture, representative: Kazushige Morota) has st...

Japanese sword
Things/Traditional handiworks

Japanese Swords – I

KB / 2021-12-09

Japan is known for its high quality products. Yes, their cameras, cars, electronic products, etc., etc. However, when it comes to guns or weapons we are stumped...

Things/Traditional handiworks

A Splendid Kimekomi Box of Paulownia Wood

H Y / 2021-06-14 / 0 Comment

This box with its pretty pink bell design is from Hakocho, a shop in Asakusa specializing in paulownia kimekomizaiku. Kimekomezaiku is the Japanese craft of car...

Traditions

Men, too, should wear kimono! Hōkan, an endangered species of entertainer 2/2

K I / 2021-03-20 / 0 Comment

In my most recent contribution to this blog, which is now 3 months ago, I wrote about a memorable encounter with a hōkan, Shichiko Sakuragawa. I was impressed w...

Hokan, male geisha
Traditions

Hōkan, an Endangered Species of Entertainer – 1/2

K I / 2021-01-19

As a magazine editor and writer, I sometimes have the opportunity to meet people in unusual professions. For example, “幇間 (Hōkan).” And many of you will probabl...

Locations/Seasons/Temple-Shrine

September 2020 Trip – Touring Kyoto and “Sanbi”

kazu / 2020-12-30 / 0 Comment

On September 19, 2020, in the midst of the raging Corona pandemic my wife and I set out on a trip my wife had made reservations for a few months earlier. After ...

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