World Heritage ★ the Shrines and Temples of Nikko, JAPAN

  Surprisingly, there are only 12 UNESCO World - Cultural - Heritage in Japan ( http://whc.unesco.org/en/statesparties/jp/ ) and 'Shrines ...

Summer holiday homework at Japanese primary school

The hot summer is here in Japan. It is bright and humid. It was the last of the first term at most of the Japanese schools and the child...

Japanese kids favourites ★ Human-looking dwarfs ('kobito') vs Funghi Mushrooms ('nameko')

There are things which are ugly but somehow they cannot be disliked. It is what people call 'kimo-kawaii' in Japanese slang. 'kimo' is a sh...