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Mountain house
A mountain house from Toyama Prefecture, located at the Open Air Folk Museum (Nihon minka-en, Tokyo).
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Book Covers
We talk about using book covers in Japan. What is your opinion about book covers? Do you usually hide what you are reading? Do you often check out what others are reading and love them or hate them based solely on that choice?
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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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