by Darina Oomi | Dec 31, 2012 | Japan, OOMI travel News
Spectacular scenery but word of warning – leave your baby behind!!Myself, my husband (Japanese), and my soon to be two year old daughter arrived at Nagiso station after a one hour train ride from Nagoya. The journey from Nagoya takes in just enough of rice...
by Darina Oomi | Aug 22, 2012 | Japan, OOMI travel News
Many people say that much of modern-day Japan exists because of its samurai roots. The samurai may no longer exist but a symbol of their power and strength does: castles. Estimates vary in the number of castles still standing today in Japan. But almost every major...
by Darina Oomi | Aug 15, 2012 | Japan, OOMI travel News
Immaculately wrapped gifts are the norm in JapanAnytime a...
by Darina Oomi | Aug 8, 2012 | Japan, OOMI travel News
Traditionally, Japanese people like to take their holidays on mass. One of the biggest holidays of the year is O-bon or the Festival of Bon, which normally falls around mid-August of each year. A Japanese Buddhist custom held in honour the spirits of one’s ancestors,...
by Darina Oomi | Aug 3, 2012 | Japan, OOMI travel News
Take kabuki and remove from it the gorgeously colourful costumes, entrancing music and fantastical stories and what you are left with, in its bare essence, is a living, breathing traditional art form. Any visitor to Japan that goes to watch a kabuki show is blown away...
by Darina Oomi | Jul 19, 2012 | Japan, OOMI travel News
They say that “a picture is worth a thousand words.” Well, then, how many words do you think the photo here is worth? Too many to count, I reckon.It would be futile to try to describe a fireworks display in Japan, for they are just something that you have to...
