Rock Day in JAPAN

Today is a 'ROCK DAY'! Why? Hmm...today is 9th June(6). In Japanese we prounouce those numbers, 6=Roku 9=ku Its so simple isn't it? And an interesting ranking report has released today. Accoring to the article most Rock-like artist in Japan is 'Kiyoshiro Imawano' who died last month...

Weird or not? Special Bra for a women who wants to get married!

Have you ever heard about 'konkatsu bra'? Ofcourse as you guess,its a kinda 'bra'...yes women's underwear. But actually its far from SEXY... In Japanese the word Konkatsu means that women's activity or effort to get a nice husband.I mean 'To get Married'. For some women,marriage is still r..

Mother's Day Present Ranking

We just had a Mother's day Yesterday in Japan. Here is a ranking that what do you want to present for your mom. Is there any specialities? 1:Flower 2:Blouse 3:Sweater 4:Potted Plant 5:Pajalas 6:Under Wear 7:Accessories 8:Money 9:Cardigan 10:Wallet But actually,what the mothers wan..

BRAND JAPAN 2009 By Nikkei BP Consulting

Here's the newest report about the power of brand held by Nikkei BP Consulting. This survey has been taking by that company and this year Toyota got the first prize again. Brand Japan 2009 By Nikkei BP Consulting Launched on April 17th ■BtoB Rank (last year) 1(1) Toyota 2(6) Panasonic ..

Tea Ceremony Deliovery Service

Tea ceremony might be the most popular Japanese experience for visitors.Because of this limited chance,visitors somehow try to get this experience. But even in Japan,It's not easy to find the place where we can have a tea ceremony normally. Sometimes,at temples or community centers,tea association..

FUNDOSHI GIRLS!!??

Do you know 'FUNDOSHI'? Fundoshi(loin cloth) is a traditional under wear for males in Japan.And usually it made from a length of cotton. Their history was long and before World War II the fundoshi was the main form of underwear for Japanese adult males. Nowadays, the fundoshi is mainly used n..

Japanese most popular words of 2008

Publishing company Jiyu Kokuminsha has launched most popular Japanese words and phrases of the year 2008. This prize chooses new words and the vogue words which were able to enliven an eye,mouth and ears of public by its expression and the nuance which pointed out social conditions from the vari..

3000yen Ramen !!!??

Expensive or Not!!?? What's the difference between ultimate 3000yen Ramen and normal Ramen? In Japan, speaking of ramen, it is a representative of the food of the common people. Well...I've been thinking so at least. But at the same time,I notice that the price of Ramen has been becoming hig..

The new Rice that matches with western foods, 'Tsuyaotome SAYA'

Rice is most imporatant and traditional foods in Japan.And there are so many brads of it,for example,'Koshihikari','Akitakomachi','Hitomebore','Sasanishiki' and so on. Recently one new brand was appeared and it has an interesting feature.The name is 'Tsuyaotome SAYA'. ※Tsuyaotome SAYA：http://..

How to send a post card to friends from SNS??

Here in Japan,we do send New year's Greeting Post Card to friends,co-workers,families or to even cutomers and clients as well.Recently online based greeting cards services have become more popular and we use them on friend's B-day,Halloween day ,Chiristmas day and so on. Its easy to imagine that ..

「iPhone Business」Seminar in Ogaki,Gifu,Japan

Latest【Seminar Information】IN JAPAN ■『 From iPhone Village to The World 〜New Mobile Lifestyle and Enterprise〜 』 Date：November 7th 2008（FRI） 2:30pm〜5:30pm Location:Softpia Japan Center Building 1st Floor Seminar hall （Kagano4-1-7,Ogaki-city,Gifu,JAPAN） We've been w..

What is "Tantan Min(淡々民）"?

The Japanese word