執筆者 Darina Oomi | 10月 11, 2012 | カテゴリーなし
‘–> First-time visitors to Tokyo often ask where the centre of Tokyo is. Answers vary according to the person who you are talking to but the plain fact is that there is no one true centre for this sprawling metropolis. However, if you were to go...
執筆者 Darina Oomi | 8月 22, 2012 | カテゴリーなし
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...
執筆者 Darina Oomi | 8月 15, 2012 | カテゴリーなし
Immaculately wrapped gifts are the norm in Japan Anytime a Japanese person goes abroad, he or she will go armed with a long shopping list – not of things for themselves but those for their loved ones, friends, work...
執筆者 Darina Oomi | 8月 8, 2012 | カテゴリーなし
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...
執筆者 Darina Oomi | 8月 3, 2012 | カテゴリーなし
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...
執筆者 Darina Oomi | 7月 19, 2012 | カテゴリーなし
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...
