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MIFA international festival 2019
The international festival organized by MIFA is an event that I look forward to every year. I guess, the most important reason is the food; embassies from around the world set-up booths selling traditional ornaments as well as homemade snacks based on traditional recipes. Scouting the booths of northern Africa countries is one of the…
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Kahlua Matcha and Sakura cherry coffee
As the hanami madness is just a month away, when everyone’s hobby becomes drunk-sleeping under sakura trees, covered by cherry blossoms dancing on the cool air, “sakura-aji gentei” season is here. Brace yourself for products with limited edition one time only special flavour SAKURA CHERRY and other flavours associated with the most famous spring activity…
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Views of Minato (Shinagawa Port)
If you ever find yourself wandering around Shinagawa in Tokyo with some spare time, consider checking out Shibaura. Personally, I enjoyed walking around in the afternoon, jumping on rusty fish-boats at the wharf , while trains of Yurikamome line were passing by, one after the other. If you can resist the scenery and don’t spend…
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Make-up time
The stereotype commands that Japanese people always maintain a perfect public image. While that may be true in at a certain degree, I find a specific contradiction particularly interesting. I am talking about “doing your make-up in the train”. It is a common sight in Tokyo to see females of all ages fixing their make-up…
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Daimyos, geishas and a glimpse in history
Today is what? It’s 3rd of November. And why do we care about it? Because it’s a HOLIDAY~ ! That, plus the fact that the reason of skipping work is to honor 文化の日-“Culture day”. The closest cultural attraction to me was the Daimyo march in Hakone, a festival that is held yearly after WWII. Essentially,…
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Apparently, cherry trees in Yokohama were tricked into blooming in October! 🌸
Irregular cherry blossoms in autumn made big news back in Greece. My mom kept sending me articles about it, but I hadn’t witnessed anything like this in Tokyo. Alas, I was wrong! I was lucky enough to get to see the autumn blossoms in a tree near the campus entrance today. The experts say that…
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