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Posted by lisa on Sep 20, 2011

Have you ever seen the “true” tea ceremony? :Kyoto tea ceremony

Have you ever attended a Japanese tea ceremony? If yes, is it a true tea ceremony? There are some tea ceremonies for travelers in Kyoto, but they are too casual. A true tea ceremony requiers to sit on your knees, be limited to small groups, most of all, the tea cups and utensils are real art works. We have planned an authentic tea ceremony for travelers to enjoy it. You can enjoy the tea with high class...

Posted by lisa on Aug 3, 2011

Be immersed in the beauty of Japanese crafts in Kyoto. : Kiyomizu sannenzaka museum

The luxurious and dainty enamel pots are like flower gardens. NAMIKAWA Yasuyuki, who was a Imperial Craftsman made them. They are the greatest cloisonne works in Japan. Many high quality craft-work was produced in Japan from the 19th to the early 20th centuries. As most of them were exported, there are few crafts left in Japan. Kiyomizu sannenzaka museum is a precious museum which mainly collects great...

Posted by lisa on Jul 29, 2011

Amazing funny movie made by Hogwarts students?!: “Kokusen -Blackboard war”

The two boys are fighting in outrageous way. Are they Hogwarts students from Harry Potter stories? The stop motion movies “Kokusen -Blackboard war” and “Kokusen -Blackboard war2″ were made by Japanese high school students for their school festival. The first Kokusen uses over 2,500 photos, the second Kokusen uses over 3,000. The movie shows high speed battle actions without SFX....

Posted by lisa on Jul 27, 2011

Walk around the world in your house! “World cruise 2010″ DVD now on sale.

These high quality movies will take you on a world cruise. The big hit movies on Youtube “World cruise 2010″ DVD is now on sale. You can see the most popular 17 cities in the world; New York, Tokyo, London, Chefchaouen, Amalfi, Kyoto, Varanasi, Cuzco, Venice, Old Delhi, Istanbul, Xitang, Rome, Shanghai, Fes, Bangkok, Uchisar. Are there any cities there that you have been to? The movie...

Posted by lisa on May 21, 2011

Turn your pirated manga files into legit manga.: J-comi “Project purification illegal manga

Photo by S@ilor Do you have any pirated manga? The manga is your favorite manga? You must feel guilty for it, don’t you? J-comi announced a project for you. They clean up your pirated manga and you. J-comi is a website which provide many out-of-print manga for free. Those manga contain some ads, J-comi deal out the ad revenue to each original manga author. The ad revenue has increased at a good...

Posted by lisa on May 19, 2011

The artist 150 years ago inspired cutting edge designers: Ukiyo-e art exhibition “Kuniyoshi: Spectacular Ukiyo-e Imagination”

“Asahina Playing in the Island of Dwarfs” The huge whale and samurai lie through the entirety of the screen. A man whose face is made of many people….The curious, bold and dynamic composition of these picures were drawn by UTAGAWA Kuniyoshi, Ukiyoe artist in 19th century. The exhibition “Kuniyoshi: Spectacular Ukiyo-e Imagination” is held to mark the 150th anniversary of his...

Posted by lisa on Apr 15, 2011

Save the sake! Support the survivors in eastern Japan earthquake with sake.

In Japan there are many people who have cancelled parties to mourn the tsunami victims. April is the month for hanami parties (cherry blossom viewing party) but many hanami parties are canceled. These cancellations are aggravating the tsunami survivors. Tohoku, the worst hit area in eastern Japan, has over 140 sake breweries. Spring time is the best sales season because of the hanami parties, but they...

Posted by lisa on Feb 16, 2011

Enjoy the luxurious teatime with the oriental fancy tea box: BITOWA “Tea container”

The luxurious oriental box looks like a jewelery box or something, but in fact, it is a teabag box. The large box can store tea goods such as teaspoons and sugar, the small one can store only teabags. The gorgeous design is made from ‘Aizu-nuri’, which is the local traditional technique of lacquering in Aizu. It uses real gold powder for the patterns. “BITOWA” produces...