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20/09/2022

【Typhoon Nanmadol from Space】

Typhoon Nanmadol seems to be so beautiful from space but has created huge havoc on Earth.

12/09/2022

【Oze National Park】
Oze (尾瀬) is a national park and excellent hiking destination in the mountains about 150 kilometers north of Tokyo. Its most well known features are the Ozegahara Marshland and the Ozenuma Pond.
Surrounded by tall peaks, Oze National Park is a mountain wetland that extends into the four prefectures of Fukushima, Tochigi, Gunma, and Niigata. Truly breathtaking scenery can be found at Ozegahara Plateau, the largest marsh on Japan's main island of Honshu, as well as at Lake Ozenuma, which was formed when volcanic eruptions dammed the headwaters of the Tadami River. This rich natural environment is home to the Japanese Serow, a nationally protected species, and popular with hikers who enjoy its beautiful yellow Broad Dwarf Day Lillies that bloom in summer.

08/09/2022

【Tonegawa Fireworks Festival】
Tonegawa Fireworks Festival is set to be held for the first time in three years on September 17 by the banks of Tonegawa River in the town of Sakai in Ibaraki prefecture. In its 35th run this year, a grand total of 30,000 shells will be launched over 90 minutes. There will be an awe-inspiring array of fireworks formations, especially the jaw-dropping starmines. Plus, the entire show will be synchronised to music.

(Note that the event might be cancelled in case of stormy weather. For more information, see the festival website. Website link is in the comment section.)

02/09/2022

【Miyagi Zao Fox Village 蔵王キツネ村】

Located in the mountains near Shiroishi, there is a ‘village’ that is filled with over 100 animals and 6 different types of foxes. Zao Fox Village is one of the best places in Japan to go and see foxes.
There are over 100 foxes, including typical red and arctic foxes, foxes with uncommon coat colors, such as silver and platinum foxes, and red-arctic fox hybrids. The village also has rabbits, miniature horses, goats, and guinea pigs, in addition to gift and snack shops.

Address
Kawarago 11-3, Fukuokayatsumiya, Shiroishi, Miyagi 989-0733
Phone Number
0224-24-8812
Opening hours: 9 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Admission fee: 1,000 yen

26/08/2022

【Noshiro Tanabata “Tenku-no-Fuyajou” (能代七夕「天空の不夜城」)】

Noshiro Tanabata “Tenku-no-Fuyajou” is a festival that began in 2013. However, the Noshiro region had a traditional summer Tanabata festival from the old days. It is said that people used to pull a castle-shaped lantern float (Toro) decorated with gigantic shachi (mythical animal with a head of a tiger and the body of a carp) all across the town. According to historical text, a Nagoya Castle-shaped lantern float was made more than 100 years ago during the Tempo era, and due to its popularity with citizens that this 17.6m tall Toro was paraded across town till dawn.
As a result of modernization, electrical wires were laid throughout the city limiting the height of the Toro. 7 to 8m tall floats were pulled in recent years, but the burying of electrical wires have allowed massive Toros to parade again. In 2013, a 17.6m tall giant Toro, named "Karoku", was carefully replicated based on old pictures and texts, reviving it after a whole century. In 2014, "Chikasue", a 24.1m high and tallest Toro in Japan was completed.
Two large lanterns floats are paraded through the streets of Noshiro: the 17.6-meter-tall Karoku float and the 24.1-meter-tall Chikasue float, the tallest castle-shaped lantern in Japan.
The splendor of the large colorful lanterns is magnificent and breathtakingly beautiful.

24/08/2022

【Japan moving to allow individual tourists in again】
The Japanese government might allow tourists to enter the country without joining a guided tour, if their visit has been arranged through a travel agency. Tourists will be asked to follow guidelines if cases of infection are confirmed. But the government will continue to deny entry to individual travelers who don't make arrangements through travel agencies.
The new measure is expected to go into effect in September 2022.

23/08/2022

【Hikawa Shrine in Kawagoe, Japan】
It is reported that Kawagoe Hikawa Shrine was built about 1,500 years ago.
Adored as the tutelary shrine for all of Kawagoe during the Edo Period. The shrine is also famous today for venerating a matchmaking deity. One of the shrine’s most popular features is the Ema Tunnel, which is a wooden, open-air tunnel decorated with approximately 30,000 wooden prayer plates called ema. The collection of words and the gentle melody of the ema in the breeze make for a truly unique stroll. You can write your own ema and add it to the thousands of wishes and words of gratitude. Since it is known as the shrine with the blessing of love, women from all over the country visit the shrine.

Entrance fee: Free Admission
Address: 2-11, Miyash*tamachi, Kawagoe-shi, Saitama, Japan
Phone number: 049-224-0589

20/08/2022

【KOURATAISHA Temple】
KOURATAISHA Temple (高良大社) Miimachi, Kurume, Fukuoka 🇯🇵
Koura Taisha shrine is the most venerated shrine in Chikugo Province, and was well-established in the area of present-day Kurume City by the end of the 7th century.The shrine is thought to have been founded in 400 AD.

18/08/2022

Japan is a strange country unlike any other country in the world.
Not only beautiful scenery and traditional culture, there are so many wonderful things about Japan.
Let's find out what most visitors to Japan love!
1. Japan is known for being a civilized nation.
2. Japan has extremely high security and one of the biggest benefits for travelers.
3. Japanese high-tech toilets are so clean that they surprise most visitors to Japan.
4. Japan is punctual and respectful.
5. Grocery stores and vending machines everywhere in Japan.
6. Japan's technology is amazing (example: robot super toilet bullet train... )
7. Japanese food is one of the strongest reasons for many visitors to Japan.
8. Streets of Japan are very clean and well maintained.
Japan may be the best country to feel the future.

08/08/2022

【Okama crater】
The Okama is a crater lake with a circumference of 1,000m and a depth of 27m. It is also known as “Goshikinuma” (lake of five colors) for the changes in the colors of the water surface from the intensity of light. Okama is a popular sightseeing spot near the Zao mountain rangein Tohoku prefecture, Japan.
With a height of 1841 meters, Mount Zao is one of the most prominent mountains in the Tohoku Region, sitting on the border between Yamagata and Miyagi Prefectures. The active volcano features a beautiful crater with lake, known as Okama (御釜) due to its resemblance with a traditional cooking pot.

05/08/2022

【World’s oldest hotel is in Japan !】
Nishiyama Onsen Keiunkan (西山温泉慶雲館) is a hot spring hotel in Hayakawa, Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan. Founded in 705 AD by Fujiwara Mahito. It has been continuously operated by 52 generations of the same family (including adopted heirs) for over 1,300 years. In 2011, Guinness World Records has officially recognized it as the oldest continuously running hotel in the world.

01/08/2022

【Tambara Lavender Park】
In the summer months, Tambara’s gentle ski slopes transform into a blanket of flowers. There are 50,000 lavender plants and various species—early-blooming, mid-season, and late-blooming—which ensure a long flower season that lasts from early-July to late-August. The park has over 100 kinds of flowers, including some smaller gardens of sunflowers, hydrangeas, daylilies, and bergamot, making for plenty of photo opportunities. The park’s ski lift, the Woody Line Summer Lift, provides birds-eye views over the flower fields.

29/07/2022

【Second monkeypox case confirmed in Japan】
Japan's health ministry says a second case of monkeypox has been confirmed in the country. A man in his 30s from abroad, who is staying in Tokyo, tested positive on Thursday. He had a headache, muscle pain, fatigue and a mouth rash when he visited a medical institution on Wednesday. A test by the Tokyo Metropolitan Government confirmed his infection. The man has been hospitalized in Tokyo and is in stable condition.
The World Health Organization says over 16,000 cases of monkeypox have been reported in 75 countries and regions, mainly in the United States and Europe. The UN health body has declared an international public health emergency over monkeypox.

26/07/2022

【Japan's first case of monkeypox confirmed】
The health ministry says a Tokyo resident in his 30s with a recent history of overseas travel tested positive on Monday.
Officials say the man visited a health care facility earlier in the day after developing rash, high fever, headache, and fatigue. The symptoms started on and after July 15. He has been hospitalized in Tokyo and is in stable condition.

25/07/2022

【Chiyoda Lantern-Floating Event】
There are a myriad of great summer festivals to enjoy in Tokyo, and one of the prettiest has to be the Chidorigafuchi Moat Lantern Festival. Floating lanterns illuminate the waters of the Imperial Palace moat against the backdrop of Kitanomaru Park. With a history dating back to 1958, the event sees around 2000 gentle lantern lights decorate the water's surface, and there are several ways for visitors to take part. Each floating lantern is inscribed with a wish. If you want to write your own wish, you can apply online in advance, or come by on the day of the event.
This event runs from 7pm to 8pm on July 29 and 30.

For more information, check the event website given in the comments section (accessible from Monday June 20).

19/07/2022

【Tanabata Sky Lantern Festival 2022】
Enjoy the fantastic night sky surrounded by over a thousand orange lights. It will be held indoors in Tokyo and Kobe, and outdoors in Kyoto. In Tokyo, you can celebrate Tanabata (Star Festival) by launching sky lanterns at Shinjuku Sumitomo Building’s Sankaku Hiroba square. The venue is covered by a glass roof, so that the event can still go on even when it rains. This three-day event is different. Here, strips of wish-inscribed paper are attached to the bottom of modern sky lanterns lit with LED instead of candles, making them safer and super kid-friendly. There will be music performances and food stalls at the event. The event timings are 17.00 to 21.00.

15/07/2022

【Mitama Matsuri】
First held in 1947, Yasukuni Shrine's annual Mitama Matsuri is one of Tokyo's largest Obon festivals. Along the sando – the promenade leading to the main shrine – 30,000 lanterns are strung from towers of metal scaffolding to create a spectacular approach. The festival runs for four days from July 13th. This year, the lanterns will be illuminated daily from 6pm to 9.30 pm until July 16. You can also look forward to dance and taiko drum performances, portable shrine processions and more.

08/07/2022

【Former Japanese PM Abe Shinzo showing no vital signs after being shot】
Former Japanese Prime Minister Abe Shinzo has collapsed on the street after being shot in the western prefecture of Nara. He was making a speech for an election campaign. Police arrested a man on suspicion of attempted murder and retrieved a gun from where former Japanese Prime Minister Abe Shinzo was shot in the city of Nara in western Japan. Abe has been sent to a hospital by helicopter and appears to have no vital signs, according to a local fire department.

04/07/2022

Kennin-ji Temple twin dragons painted on a magnificent scale of 108 tatami mats over a period of about two years.

27/06/2022

【Lost USB with city residents' personal data found】
A city in western Japan says a lost USB memory stick containing personal data of more than 460,000 residents has been found by the person who had mislaid it.
Amagasaki City in Hyogo Prefecture said on Friday that the device was discovered one day after it said the USB was lost.

24/06/2022

【City in Hyogo Prefecture loses memory drive with info on all 460,000 residents】
The city of Amagasaki in western Japan said Thursday that it has lost a USB flash drive containing personal information on all of its roughly 460,000 residents. The lost data included the residents’ names, addresses and dates of birth, as well as the bank account numbers of welfare-receiving households, among other information. There is no evidence of data being leaked so far, according to the city in Hyogo Prefecture.
An employee of a company commissioned to assist the city’s rollout of COVID-19 relief funds lost a bag that had the flash drive inside after drinking and dining at a restaurant on Tuesday, the city said. The employee reported to police on Wednesday. The data was encrypted and protected with a password, according to the city.

20/06/2022

【Tokyo Tower Milky Way Illumination】
Tokyo Tower has recreated the Milky Way using 21,000 LED lights, so you can gaze up at the (artificial) stars in the middle of the city. Every 15 minutes the blue LED lights that represent the starry sky turn pink and gold, while the Milky Way changes from white to a rainbow of seven colours. This optical special effect makes the Tokyo skyline look even more mesmerising, as if our beloved city is under a magical starry night. The event takes place daily from 9.30am until 10pm (until 10.30pm on Sat).

14/06/2022

【Japan researchers use living human skin equivalent on robots】
Researchers at the University of Tokyo say they have developed a method to culture a living human skin equivalent which can cover the surface of robots. A research group led by Professor Takeuchi Shoji says they used two types of human skin cells to culture a living skin material. The cells and a robot in the shape of a human finger were cultured together in a dedicated container, resulting in the formation of a skin equivalent about 1.5 millimeters thick around the robotic finger. The researchers say the skin equivalent has a water-repelling function and can handle repeated stretching and contracting of the finger's joints. The latest achievement by the Japanese research group is viewed as an important robotic technology for the future.

13/06/2022

【Ameyoko】
Ameyoko, (アメ横) is a busy market street along the Yamanote Line tracks between Okachimachi and Ueno Stations. The name "Ameyoko" is a short form for "Ameya Yokocho" (candy store alley), as candies were traditionally sold there. Alternatively, "Ame" also stands for "America", because a lot of American products used to be available there when the street was the site of a black market in the years following World War Two.
Today, various products such as clothes, bags, cosmetics, fresh fish, dried food and spices are sold along Ameyoko. Opening hours and closing days depend on individual stores, but stores typically open around 10:00 and close around 20:00. Many stores remain closed on selected Wednesdays.

10/06/2022

【Why is the first day of the month called ついたち？】
The reason the reading of ついたち was born is because it is a transliteration of the word 月立ち（つきたち）. 立ち in this case means "begin"、 when the whole phrase 月立ち means "the moon beginning".
According to the Lunar calendar (a calendar based on the monthly cycles of the moon's phases), when a “new moon" appears, the next month will come. From there, 月立ち is used to mean "first day of the month".

09/06/2022

【Old Japan’s Glorious Art of Soba Delivery】
Back during the Tokugawa Shogunate, when Edo (now Tokyo) became the most populous place on Earth (with about 1 million people), the demae (which means “delivery men”) — men of great strength, flexibility, and endurance — roamed the streets of the city. On their shoulders were dozens of hot meals which they would have to deliver to the hungry people of Edo before the meals got cold.

08/06/2022

【Tokyo to allow foreigners to work as beauticians in Japan】
The Tokyo metropolitan government said Friday it will allow foreigners to work as beauticians from October using a national regulation scheme, marking the first time the country's beauty industry has been opened up to them. Foreign citizens on student visas who have demonstrated skills to be beauticians and stylists at beauty schools in Japan will be allowed to work in the field for up to five years to gain experience.
From Oct. 1, foreign students who meet skills requirements will be able to work at salons on "designated activities" visas allowed under the central government's so-called national strategic special zones scheme, a program aimed at supporting regional economic growth.

07/06/2022

【Hachiko】
Hachikō was born on November 10, 1923, at a farm near the city of Ōdate, Akita Prefecture. In 1924, Hidesaburō Ueno, a professor at the Tokyo Imperial University, brought him to live in Shibuya, Tokyo, as his pet. Hachikō would meet Ueno at Shibuya Station every day after his commute home. This continued until May 21, 1925, when Ueno died of a cerebral hemorrhage while at work. From then until his death on March 8, 1935, Hachikō would return to Shibuya Station every day to await Ueno's return.
During his lifetime, the dog was held up in Japanese culture as an example of loyalty and fidelity. Well after his death, he continues to be remembered in worldwide popular culture, with statues, movies, books, and appearances in various media.
This is the last known photo of Hachiko, the faithful Akita dog.

07/06/2022

【Yen falls to 132 against dollar, hitting 20-year low】
The yen tumbled briefly to around the 132 line Monday in New York, its weakest level in 20 years and two months, as traders flocked to sell the Japanese currency for the U.S. dollar on speculation of further widening between the two countries' interest rates. At 5 p.m., the dollar traded at ¥131.85-95, compared with ¥130.76-78 at 5 p.m. Monday in Tokyo. The euro was quoted at $1.0691-0701 and ¥141.00-10 against $1.0742-0743 and ¥140.47-51 in Tokyo late Monday afternoon.
"Japan's economy is still on its way to recovery from the pandemic and has been under downward pressure from the income side due to rising commodity prices. In this situation, monetary tightening is not at all a suitable measure," the Bank Of Japan chief said in a speech.