The Ryoanji rock garden made our list of the top five gardens in Japan. With it’s moss-covered boulders mixed with carefully raked pebbles it’s one of Japans best examples of immaculately maintained rock gardens.
Let’s take a took at what makes Ryoanji so unique.
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With the winter Olympics upon us, one gets the urge to try out some winter sports.
Although skiing is not the first thing I think of when I think of Japan, there are plenty of outstanding ski slopes in northern Japan.
Hakuba is a long valley floor connecting no fewer than ten ski resorts in the Japanese Alps. Some of them have provided recreational skiing for more than 70 years, some have hosted major Winter Olympics events as recently as 1998, many still host World Cup ski races and the region boasts more annual snowfall (32ft to 48ft) than most of western Canada.
Be sure to check out Mail Online for this article on Hakuba, one of Japan’s best kept ski secrets.
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The Japan Foundation, a government-affiliated body set up to promote cultural exchange, has recently opened an English-language website that helps users better understand Japanese expressions used in manga and anime.
I didn’t realize how many different expressions were used depending on if the speaker is a boy or girl, old or young, or even if they are from Osaka or Tokyo. No wonder your head spins when trying to translate anime.
There are so many Japanese foods out there with strange and bizarre names that it makes one a little intimidated to try them out. For that reason we’ve decided to dispel some of the mystery by occasionally highlighting one of Japan’s more famous, but sometimes unknown, cuisines.
Today we look at one of my favorites – Soba.
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The latest in Tokyo chic is heading in for a personal vitamin injection. I guess pills are too tough to swallow these days?
These intravenous vitamin “drips” are part of the latest quick-fix, health fad catching on in Japan: the IV cafe.
Each drip pack contains saline solution and specific vitamins and minerals to target a particular health ailment or beauty concern.
Uhh…placenta pack??
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